Tom's Midnight Garden
1958 novel by Philippa Pearce / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tom's Midnight Garden is a children's fantasy novel by English author Philippa Pearce. It was first published in 1958 by Oxford University Press with illustrations by Susan Einzig. The story is about a twelve-year-old Tom who, while staying with his aunt and uncle, slips out at midnight and discovers a magical, mysterious Victorian garden where he befriends a young girl named Hatty. The novel has been reissued in print many times and also adapted for radio, television, cinema, and the stage.
Author | Philippa Pearce |
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Illustrator | Susan Einzig |
Cover artist | Einzig |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's fantasy, adventure novel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 31 December 1958 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 229 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-19-271128-8 |
OCLC | 13537516 |
LC Class | PZ7.P3145 To2[1] |
Pearce won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British author.[2] In 2007, for a celebration of the Carnegie Medal's 70th anniversary, a panel named Tom's Midnight Garden one of the top ten Medal-winning works[3] and the British public elected it the nation's second-favourite.[4]