Millie Fleurs Poison Garden, Christy Mandin
Millie Fleurs Poison Garden, Christy Mandin
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Millie Fleur's Poison Garden

Author: Christy Mandin

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2024


Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on September 04, 2024

This book is so adorable! The weird little girl who still lives inside my head delighted in following Millie Fleur's adventures in gardening the cutest creepy plants! I think I am living proof that this book will enchant people of any age if they are fans of the Addams family, but it is sure to make......more

Goodreads review by Diana on January 25, 2025

This is an adorable picture book with an important message: It's ok to be different, and it's good to be so! The whimsical illustrations are beautiful. I love all of Millie's creepy plants, especially the Ghost Nettle. So cute.......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on January 23, 2024

Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden is a book you’ll want to read again and again! (Every time I read this book I find a fun new detail tucked into the fabulous illustrations.) As a child who often felt “different”, I would have delighted in Millie’s wonderfully weird interests and been inspired by her cou......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 22, 2024

Finally! A children's book to teach us the evils of HOAs! In all seriousness though, Millie Fleur's Poison Garden is delightful and adorable. With lovely illustrations, it tells the story of a young girl who moves to a town where all of the houses and yards look the same until she plants an elaborat......more

Goodreads review by Abeer on July 17, 2024

This is such a cute book! It is a unique concept explained through some witty, beautiful, and unique illustrations. Great job by the author and illustrator! The book made me watch a few videos on carnivorous plants and, of course, The Poison Garden of England.......more


Quotes

Praise for Millie Fleur's Poison Garden:"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