A first words picture book, ages 1 to 3

The Garden

Fourteen garden things to meet one at a time, each with its own word to say, and a ladybug hiding in every picture.

Cover of the free Tella Terra: The Garden coloring taster, three sample pages

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A flower, a strawberry and a ladybug from the book, redrawn in big bold lines and ready to print. Pop in your email and they arrive in your inbox.

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Built on real research

Every page asks a gentle question. That back-and-forth, called dialogic reading, is the habit researchers link to faster vocabulary growth.

Realistic, not cartoonish

True-to-life garden things toddlers can recognize and name, because little ones map new words onto the world they actually see.

Made by a small family studio

Written and illustrated with care under one roof, and read aloud to our own toddler before anyone else.

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What comes with your book

Your free bonuses

A song to dance to

A bouncy singalong made from the very words of this book, perfect for wiggles, claps and hellos.

A song for bedtime

The same gentle words, slowed down soft and sleepy, a calm way to end the day.

A printable coloring book

Garden friends from the story, redrawn in big bold lines for little hands. Free because you have the book.

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The front cover of The Garden, a Tella Terra picture book

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The Garden is a first words picture book for ages 1 to 3: fourteen garden things to meet one at a time, one gentle question on every page, and a ladybug to find in every picture.

The Garden is not in the shops yet. It is written, illustrated and typeset, in English and in a bilingual English-French edition, and it is waiting on the last of its artwork. Join the newsletter and you will hear the day it lands.

Cover of the free Tella Terra: The Garden coloring taster, three sample pages

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A flower, a strawberry and a ladybug to print and color. See if your toddler loves them before getting the full set.

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One little book, a whole world of play

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