Stella & Marigold

(Hardback)

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From the creatorsof the New York Timesbestselling Ivy + Beancomes a fun and funny new series about two small sisters with very big imaginations. Generations of readers have fallen in love with Ivy + Bean, which has sold over 8 million copies and been adapted into a popular Netflix Original Film series. Now, bestsellingauthor Annie Barrows and illustrator Sophie Blackall are back with the first book in a bright new series about a pair of sisters named Stella and Marigold. Stella, who's seven, is kind, a good storyteller, and ponders big questions like, what do animals think of people Marigold, at four, tells imaginative stories (her mother calls them fibs) and likes to wear her favorite Halloween costume year-round.Stella and Marigold do all the regular thingslike going to school, playing, getting sick sometimes, and visiting the zoobut even the most regular things have a secret side. Sure to delight fans of Ivy and Bean, these adventure talesanimated with full-color illustrations of the sisters' encounters with magical bathrooms, snow monkeys, dream lions, howling wolves, a lost Vice President, and much moreare filled with vibrant characters, creative storytelling, and a whole lot of laughs. BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK CREATORS: Annie Barrows is the author of numerous award-winning and New York Timesbestselling books for children and adults, including The Magic Half, The Best of Iggy Series, and The Truth According to Us. Sophie Blackall is an award-winning illustrator of over 50 books for children, including the 2016 Caldecott Medal winner Finding Winnie and the 2019 Caldecott Medal winner Hello Lighthouse, which she also wrote.

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"Stella and Marigold are a force to be reckoned with... The theme here is storytelling, and the book is a little subversive in the best children's literature tradition.

Barrows and Blackall walk this tightrope with skill, cheekiness, and palpable pleasure, their tightly interdependent approach to narrative mirroring the supportive and loving relationship of their two stalwart protagonists." -- The Horn Book Magazine

"Sweeps readers into a world of childhood misadventures and understanding family members...it's a promising start for the Stella Marigold series." -- Booklist, Starred Review
"The creators of Ivy Bean return in this delightful series kickoff... Short chapters by Barrows burst with vibrant and colorful illustrations by Blackall that bring the...girls and their playful imaginations to life. Readers will long for a sibling like Marigold or Stella." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"All the heart. None of the pablum. Sisterhood at its finest and freshest." -- Kirkus, Starred Review

Author Bio

Annie Barrows is the bestselling author of books for both children and adults, including the Iggy series, the YA novel Nothing and the bestselling novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society which was made into a Netflix movie. She lives in Northern California.