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SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS • An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division • 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 • Copyright © 2016 by Terry Fan and Eric Fan • All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. • S imon & S chuster B ooks for Y oung R eaders is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. • For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected]. • The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. • Book design by Lizzy Bromley • The text for this book is set in Adobe Gara mond. • The illustrations for this book are rendered in graphite and colored digitally. • Manufactured in China • 1215 SCP • 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Fan, Terry. • The Night Gardener / by Terry Fan and Eric Fan.—1st edition. • pages cm• Summary: Everyone onGrimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener, but William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work. • ISBN 978-1-4814-3978-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) • ISBN 978-1-4814-3979-4 (eBook) • [1. Topiary work—Fiction. 2. Gardeners—Fiction.] I. Fan, Eric. II. Title. • PZ7.F36Nig 2016 • [E]—dc23 • 2014041306 Πρώτη έκδοση Μάιος 2019 Πρώτη έκδοση στην παρούσα μορφή Μάιος 2024 ΤΙΤΛΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΤΥΠΟΥ The Fan Brothers, The Night G rdener , Simon & r METAΦΡΑΣΗ – ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΤΥΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΔΟΚΙΜΙΩΝ Μάρω Ταυρή ΠΡΟΣΑΡΜΟΓΗ ΕΞΩΦΥΛΛOΥ Γιώργος Παναρετάκης ΧΩΡΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ Κίνα ISBN 978-618-03-4015-0 ΒOΗΘ. ΚΩΔ. ΜΗΧ/ΣΗΣ 84015 Κ.Ε.Π. 6113 Κ.ΕΞ. 19913 © 2016, Terry Fan και Εric Fan (για το κείμενο και την εικονογράφηση) © 2018, εκδόσεις ΜΕΤAΙΧΜΙO (για την ελληνική γλώσσα) Κατόπιν συμφωνίας με τον Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Eκδόσεις ΜΕΤAΙΧΜΙO Ιπποκράτους 118, 114 72 Αθήνα, τηλ.: 211 3003500, fax: 211 3003562 metaixmio.gr • [email protected] ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ ΣΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ