Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2024 · Est. 6 min read-aloud

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden

Written by Christy Mandin

Part of the Millie Fleur series

A peculiar garden challenges a town's conformity.

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40 pages· 667 words· Est. 6 min read-aloud
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In the bland town of Garden Glen, Millie Fleur La Fae plants a garden of peculiar plants like Sneezing Stickyweed and Fanged Fairymoss. While the townspeople see it as poison, Millie embraces her garden's uniqueness. As tensions rise, will she find allies who appreciate her wonderfully weird creation, or will conformity win? Discover the magic of standing out in a world that demands sameness.

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story about finding joy in being wonderfully weird. Garden Glen is a very bland place. Every house and every garden looks exactly like the other. That is… until Millie Fleur La Fae comes to town. Up on a scruffy hill, beside a ramschackle house, Millie Fleur plants her marvelously strange garden, filled with Sneezing Stickyweed, Fanged Fairymoss, and Grumpy Gilliflower. Millie Fleur finds it enchanting, but the townspeople of Garden Glen call it poison! But Millie Fleur is proud of her beloved little garden. So if some townspeople want to be sticks in the mud, she’ll take matters into her own hands and find the kindred spirits who appreciate everything the garden has to offer. Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden is a reminder to embrace everything that makes us wonderfully weird. Perfect for readers of The Creepy Carrots and fans of the Addams Family movies.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Words
667
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD610L
Themes & topics
Books about being differentBooks about gardeningBooks about HalloweenBooks about self-esteemBooks about individuality
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
July 2, 2024
Publisher
Orchard Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781339023274

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