Gerda Muller | BeoVERDE

Dutch illustrator Gerda Muller draws nature the way children actually meet it — an oak through its seasons, a new garden, the question of where animals go when it rains. All hardbacks, every one worth slowing down for.

Goldilocks and The Musicians of Bremen show her fairy-tale side; A Year Around the Great Oak is a Children's Books Ireland recommended read. Ages three and up.