Secrets of the Gnomes Nature Immerse yourself in the beloved

Immerse yourself in the beloved tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Weaving together the ancient tradition of aural storytelling with playful visual artistry

or sample the tasty fare of a Swedish smorgasbord

Not expecting to find the trouble they did

all designed to develop sensory and language awareness

Secrets of the Gnomes Nature Immerse yourself in the belovedThe 200 hand illustrated pages overflow with the authors on the scene sketches and firsthand observations. In Secrets of the Gnomes, authors Poortvliet and Huygen are invited as more than mere observers. After a meal of mushrooms and cream (which tastes as if it were made of everything that light, air, sun, moon, and earth could produce), they find that they have been turned into gnomes themselves. The authors learn of the tender emotional life of a