Как растут овощи? (иллюстрации Герды Мюллер)

Ogorod - ėto volshebnoe mesto, gde deti, vyrosshie v gorode, mogut nabli͡udatʹ za zhiznʹi͡u i rostom rasteniĭ. Devochka Tani͡a, geroini͡a ėtoĭ istorii, poekhala na kanikuly v derevni͡u k babushke i dedushke, kotorye uchat eë sazhatʹ i vyrashchivatʹ ovoshchi, obrashchatʹsi͡a s sadovymi instrumentami i sobiratʹ urozhaĭ. Tani͡a uznaët mnogo interesnogo o tekh rastenii͡akh, plody kotorykh ona prezhde videla tolʹko na polkakh magazinov: kak rozhdaetsi͡a i rastet zelenyĭ goroshek, kakui͡u rolʹ v zhizni rasteniĭ igrai͡ut nasekomye i ptit͡sy, kak prigotovitʹ vkusnyĭ salat i kak vyrastitʹ khrusti͡ashchui͡u redisku i sochnui͡u zelenʹ v sobstvennoĭ kvartire, ustroiv nebolʹshoĭ ogorod na balkone ili podokonnike. Gerda Mi͡uller rodilasʹ v 1926 godu v Gollandii. Ona uchilasʹ zhivopisi v shkole prikladnogo iskusstva v Amsterdame, gde studentam nastoĭchivo vnushali myslʹ o tom, chto illi͡ustrator mozhet zarabotatʹ sebe na zhiznʹ tolʹko v reklamnoĭ industrii. V kont͡se sorokovykh godov Gerda Mi͡uller otpravilasʹ v Parizh s odnim chemodanom i velosipedom, chtoby uchitʹsi͡a u Poli͡a Koli͡a, vydai͡ushchegosi͡a frant͡suzskogo khudozhnika, graficheskogo dizaĭnera i spet͡sialista po vizualʹnym kommunikat͡sii͡am, chʹi plakaty do sikh por schitai͡utsi͡a klassikoĭ zhanra. V masterskoĭ Poli͡a Koli͡a ona zanimalasʹ reklamnoĭ illi͡ustrat͡sieĭ, no v ee dushe roslo i kreplo zhelanie illi͡ustrirovatʹ detskie knigi, i cherez god Gerda Mi͡uller pokinula masterskui͡u svoego uchiteli͡a, poluchiv vozmozhnostʹ sozdavatʹ illi͡ustrat͡sii dli͡a detskikh knig. Pervai͡a kniga s ee illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami vyshla v 1951 v parizhskom izdatelʹstve Pere Castor. S tekh por Gerda Mi͡uller zhivet i rabotaet v Parizhe; ona sozdala i proilli͡ustrirovala bolee 120 detskikh knig. Khudozhnit͡sa govorit, chto nikogda ne khotela zanimatʹsi͡a chem-to drugim: "I͡A li͡ubli͡u svoi͡u rabotu i vsi͡u zhiznʹ risui͡u dli͡a deteĭ. Kogda i͡a rabotai͡u v svoeĭ masterskoĭ, mne inogda kazhetsi͡a, chto ri͡adom so mnoĭ stoit rebenok, kotoryĭ nabli͡udaet za moeĭ rabotoĭ i zachastui͡u napravli͡aet meni͡a. Imenno dli͡a ėtogo rebenka, a ne dli͡a roditeleĭ ili izdateleĭ, i͡a i risui͡u".

The vegetable garden is a magical place where children who grew up in the city can observe the life and growth of plants. The girl Tanya, the heroine of this story, went on vacation to the village to her grandparents, who teach her how to plant and grow vegetables, handle garden tools and harvest crops. Tanya learns a lot of interesting things about those plants whose fruits she had previously seen only on store shelves: how green peas are born and grow, what role insects and birds play in plant life, how to make a delicious salad and how to grow crispy radishes and juicy greens in her own apartment, setting up a small vegetable garden on the balcony or windowsill. Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Holland. She studied painting at the School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam, where students were insistently taught that an illustrator could only make a living in the advertising industry. In the late forties, Gerda Muller went to Paris with only a suitcase and a bicycle to study with Paul Kohl, an outstanding French artist, graphic designer and visual communications specialist, whose posters are still considered classics of the genre. She worked as an advertising illustrator in Paul Kohl's workshop, but her desire to illustrate children's books grew and strengthened, and a year later Gerda Muller left her teacher's workshop, having the opportunity to create illustrations for children's books. The first book with her illustrations was published in 1951 by the Paris publishing house Pere Castor. Since then, Gerda Muller has been living and working in Paris; she has created and illustrated more than 120 children's books. The artist says she never wanted to do anything else.: "I love my job and have been drawing for children all my life. When I work in my workshop, it sometimes feels like there is a child standing next to me, watching my work and often guiding me. It is for this child, not for parents or publishers, that I draw."