The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

by Barb Rosenstock

Book Overview

A 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book

The incredible story of the world's largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, kept secret by outsider artist Nek Chand for fifteen years.

After the partition of India in 1947, Nek Chand Saini settled in the city of Chandigarh, with nothing but stories brought from his homeland. Dismayed at his stark new surroundings, Nek began collecting river rocks, broken glass,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763674753
• ISBN13: 9780763674755
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5