There's a Ghost in the Garden

Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. She has written over 25 books for little and big people, many of which have been translated internationally. She holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and teaches writing in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she lives with a lively family of cats and musicians. Katty Maurey is an illustrator who has published many picture books. She is passionate about painting, sculpting, printmaking, and, most of all, marveling at the natural world. Among other distinctions, her work has been nominated for the Governor General Award in the children’s book category.

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2024!A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2024!One of Maria Popova's Marginalian Favorites of 2024!A Moonbow Favorite Picture Book of 2024!A Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Book for Kids, Spring 2025!SIX starred reviews!A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2024! “Maurey's lush oil paintings portray the shapes, textures, and colors that unfold in layers of vegetation, thick underbrush, and tree trunks and branches found in a grandfather's garden. The artist's ability to capture dancing contrasts of light and shadow, depending on the time of day and the weather's shifting temperatures, results in a transportive visual feast, and triggers both the grandfather's memory and his visiting grandson's imagination. Maurey's garden invites the reader to slow down and look, then look again.”