Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden
Classic Einzig cover thought to be first edition
AuthorPhilippa Pearce
IllustratorSusan Einzig
Cover artistEinzig
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fantasy, adventure novel
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
31 December 1958
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages229 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-19-271128-8
OCLC13537516
LC ClassPZ7.P3145 To2[1]

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Tom's midnight garden. Illustrated by Susan Einzig." (second edition?). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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