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Ag Down In The Garden Address-Fairy Child

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Ms. Geddes fills her large, oversized color pages with stunning pictures of a whimsical garden populated by babies. Her tiny models appear as fairies, flowers, insects, birds, and other small animals in the garden. Her imagination will transform the way you see babies . . . and gardens forever. You'll be glad to have experienced her magical touch.

The images are enlivened by simple texts of a few words just to help create a mood or a thought.

The compositions are quite elaborate. One contains dozens of children dressed up in worm outfits, and then transposed onto an image of them all in tunnels underground in the garden. What an amazing effort this must have taken!

One of her presentation techniques is to have a photograph inside a photograph. For example, there is a two page spread of a basket. Then, you can unfold the middle of the basket to reveal its babyish contents! In another place, she plays peek-a-boo with you by hiding one image within the photograph under a flap which you can open. When you do, the photograph's meaning totally changes.

As wonderful as her imagination and compositions are, I think her finest gift is to capture the baby's personality while awake.

The quality of the reproductions is extremely high, particularly considering that she is working with squirming infants in many cases.

Here are my favorites in the book:

Moth Orchid Triplets; Monica; Christopher; Aisha, Tayla and Grace; Wet Sparrow; Magnolia Bud; Sarah; Potting Shed; Starring Triplets -- Jim, Flora and Pearl; Window Planter; Strawberry Planter; Canterbury Belles; Ruby; Tea Pot, Watering Can and Milk Jug; Birdhouse; and Jessie.

This book would make a wonderful gift for expectant parents. They would suddenly feel their budding love for the developing baby evolve in new ways.

After you enjoy this book, consider where else a little magic and a dash of fantasy can create good feelings that will lead to more love and caring. How can you add those elements?

Enjoy the perpetual freshness of birth and youth around you!

If you love babies, this book is a must have! I got this book a couple of years ago,my husband gave it to me for a x'mas present, I never get tired of looking at the cute babies featured at the book,Last year I was blessed with one.I'm looking up for books that my little one would enjoy by the same author, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to give a review to add to the list.

When I first saw the cover of this beautiful book, I knew treasures were tucked inside. For a moment I hesitated because of the price. It is worth every penny and then some. It evokes such feelings of joy and wonder and shows the most beautiful part of all of us...our precious babies. Add it to your Christmas list! Thank you Anne for a captivating book that is overflowing with lush images of innocence.

This book was a wonderful example of Anne Geddes many books! She always captures the moment, exactly when the babies' are just right! I love to see all the many faces of the babies, as well as the creative costumes. I love the theme of Down in the Garden because she has so so so many pictures that go with that theme! It's neat how Anne has the creative ability to photograph so well! Once again I really enjoyed this book and I recommend this book to all of you!

Do you wonder often about the miracle of life ? Buy this book and every time you open it, you will be delighted by the wonderful pictures of babies, which will take you to a dreamy, sunny, fairy tale-like little paradise...it will bring a smile on everybody's face, even the most cynical - "the world-is-going-to-pieces-anyway" - people. I am convinced this book opens all the hidden, subconscious feelings we had when we were still in our mothers' womb... Having a bad day ? Looking at Anne Geddes' little elfins, flowerbabies or the cutest little faces you have ever seen, will make you realize life is STILL a miracle. It will bring some of your long lost innocence back...you never realized you still had it, didn't you ?

I simply loved this book! The babies in it are the most adorable little creatures! There is something about Anne Geddes's photos, a sort of charm about them, that makes me smile. My favorite picture is the one of the waterlily baby. She is simply adorable! If you read the book, you should recognize her: She sits in a lily pond, and has a ring of purple flowers around her face. Oh! She just SO cute! Anyway, this book is wonderful!

This is the ultimate baby book. Filled with big colorful photos of infants & toddlers bedecked in whimsical costumes set in charming scenes that will bring chuckles, smiles & even tears to your eyes. So healing to see these sleeping babes cocooned in glorious fabrics or adorned with petals. Gorgeous!

Adorable! This anthology by New Zealand-based Anne Geddes is the most wonderful book ever made about babies. In this haven of diapered (and non-diapered, too!) babies has the little angels posing as everything from waterliles to teddy bears. My personal favorite is the waterlily baby, who goes by the name of Tayla (I discovered this through a bit of research). If you read it, you'll recognize her as the one by this description: a lovable, chubby infant poised in a pool of water, surrounded by lilypads (and even a little green frog), a little purple and yellow flower "crown" ringing her grinning face...oh! I love her! Well, enough about what I like. All in all, this is a beautiful book that will bring a smile to your lips whenever you look through it. Even though amazon.com does not currently have it, you CAN get it at Books-A-Million, Wladenbooks, and other bookstores. A special offer: when you read it, e-mail me at sarahhall@juno.com with a short description of your favorite picture. I'll look forward to your response, so buy the book today! Your heart will lift, and your day will be made by this beautiful collection.

When I first looked at the book I thought it was too cute and too sacchrine but i've noticed that preschool aged children really enjoy looking at the babies dressed up in costumes. My son is nuts about this book and has read it dozens of times.

Nothing compares to the trip you take when you turn the pages. From picture to picture you see the world of nature in a new way. The sweet faces of babies dwell inside flowers and other living things you find in your garden. You feel transported to your dreams and childhood fantasies of a "live" garden full of colors. A great gift!