• At Home in a Book by Lauren O'Hara — cover showing a cross-section dollhouse illustration of a white clapboard house with birds, flowers and characters in the windows and rooms
  • At Home in a Book interior spread showing Anne of Green Gables — illustrated book cover on left with passage from L.M. Montgomery on right describing Anne's first morning at Green Gables
  • At Home in a Book interior spread showing a full watercolour cross-section of the Green Gables farmhouse surrounded by gardens, orchards and rolling hills
  • At Home in a Book interior spread showing Anne of Green Gables character portraits — Anne Shirley, Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe, Matthew Cuthbert and Marilla Cuthbert with character descriptions
  • At Home in a Book interior spread showing Anne's Favourite Things — dresses with puffed sleeves, ice cream, violets, October leaves, apple blossom, Bonny the geranium and russet apples — with Anne quote about home
  • At Home in a Book flatlay showing all 9 classic book covers illustrated by Lauren O'Hara: Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, Wizard of Oz, A Little Princess, Heidi, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Peter Pan and Wendy, Little Women
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Lauren O'Hara

AT HOME IN A BOOK: INTRODUCING YOUNG READERS TO CHILDHOOD CLASSICS

AT HOME IN A BOOK: INTRODUCING YOUNG READERS TO CHILDHOOD CLASSICS

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Step inside the worlds of nine beloved childhood classics with this stunning non-fiction book by illustration star Lauren O’Hara — a love letter to literature that will delight young readers and lifelong bookworms alike.

Each classic gets its own immersive cutaway illustration of its iconic home — from the farmhouse at Green Gables to the halls of Neverland — alongside character portraits, “favourite things” spreads, and carefully chosen passages from the original text. It’s a book to get lost in, to return to, and to treasure.

  • Anne of Green Gables — L.M. Montgomery, 1908
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — L. Frank Baum
  • A Little Princess — Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Heidi — Johanna Spyri
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea — Jules Verne
  • Peter Pan and Wendy — J.M. Barrie
  • Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

Illustrated throughout with Lauren O’Hara’s exquisite watercolour artwork. The perfect gift for children who love stories, parents who grew up with these classics, and anyone who believes that home is always the loveliest spot in the world.

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