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MILLIE FLEUR SAVES THE NIGHT
Scholastic
Summer 2025
Wednesday Addams meets The Night Gardener in the sequel to The New York Times bestselling Millie Fleur's Poison Garden. A delightfully peculiar story about embracing the magic of the night.
Garden Glen was afraid of the dark.
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Each night when the sun went down, all the lights in town turned on. The houses shone like the noon sun. Every house except for Millie Fleur La Fae's, of course.
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Millie Fleur knows there are enchanting things that can only be glimpsed in the dark. But ever since she moved to Garden Glen, her nighttime friends are nowhere to be found.
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Determined to welcome the dark back to town, Millie Fleur bakes delicious moon pies and plants a sweet-smelling moon garden. But before the nighttime creatures will return, Millie Fleur must convince the townspeople to be brave and turn out the lights.
Millie Fleur Saves the Night is a delightfully peculiar story that encourages readers to find beauty in the darkness. A gorgeous companion to The New York Times bestseller Millie Fleur's Poison Garden, perfect for fans of The Dark by Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen.
BITTERSWEET
Simon & Schuster
Fall 2025
Soar into the tender true story of how one airman inspired a movement by airdropping little parachutes of candy to kids trapped in occupied Berlin in this nonfiction picture book ode to everyday acts of kindness.
How far can a small kindness reach? How much of a difference can two sticks of gum make?
Colonel Gail Halvorsen was a pilot in the United States Air Force delivering supplies to West Berlin when it was blockaded by the Soviets. One day he approached children gathered outside the airport with two leftover sticks of gum. To his surprise, the kids carefully shared the two sticks, even sharing the wrappers for their minty smell.
Inspired by the children’s kindness and sympathetic to the way blockades were cutting off their access to simple pleasures like sweets, Halvorsen began airdropping candy, using his own rations and wiggling his wings to alert the kids below that it was time for treats. When a package of chocolates literally dropped on a reporter’s head, news quickly spread of “Uncle Wiggly Wings” or “the Berlin Candy Bomber.”
Soon, Halvorsen’s Operation Little Vittles—born of one man’s courage to be kind—grew to include other pilots and donations from American families and ended up dropping over twenty tons of candy to the children of war-torn Berlin.
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MILLIE FLEUR'S POISON GARDEN
Scholastic
2024
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 ramshackle 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 her 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.
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PRAISE FOR MILLIE FLEUR'S POISON GARDEN
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AN INDIE BESTSELLER
AN INDIE NEXT PICK
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"This dare-to-be-different picture book blends beautifully with the kids-to-the-rescue story...leaves readers with much to think about."--Shelf Awareness, starred review
"A girl plants a fantastical idea...This charming, low-key tale celebrates those who unabashedly find unconventional things exciting...No poison here; just a garden of delights about someone who improves things in a unique fashion."--Kirkus Reviews
"The sign at the entrance to Garden Glen boasts 'a picture-perfect place,' a phrase that hints at the neighborhood’s stifling conformity. But young Millie Fleur―who’s vaguely reminiscent of Wednesday Addams in Mandin’s measured, sepia-toned digital illustrations―changes all that when she and her mother move into a lone, decrepit gothic house on the edge of town."--Publishers Weekly
"The messaging of being true to yourself and accepting and celebrating others' differences is proudly stationed at the forefront of this simple and sweet story. Mandin's illustrations are charming and orginal, with plenty of details...to delight young readers."--Booklist
"This charming picture book...pays homage to classic and beloved creeps like those featured in Frankenstein and The Addams Family while simultaneously creating its own...Young readers will leave inspired by Millie's refusal to hide what she loves." --Bookpage
THE STORYTELLERS RULE
HarperCollins
2023
A humorous and charming picture book starring a group of exuberant writing supplies who help a young girl suffering from creative block to finish her perfect story.
Birdie usually has no problem creating masterpieces. But today is different: her perfect story just won't manifest itself.
But no fear, the Storytellers are here!
In this hilarious and sweet picture book, a young child's pens, pencils, and markers are for more than just jotting down ideas. They inspire and spark wonder.
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