Prunella

Five starred reviews!

From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry comes a fantastical and unforgettable picture book about an unusual girl whose purple thumb helps her cultivate a truly macabre garden.

When Prunella is born with a purple thumb instead of a green one like her parents, everyone's stumped. What could it mean? Before long, they find out. Prunella prefers corpse flowers to carnations, fungi to ferns, and poison ivy to petunias. The stickier and scarier the plant, the more Prunella loves it.

And if her poisonous and noxious garden keeps the other neighborhood kids away, it's probably for the best. But then one day, a curious weed of a different sort pops up...

Should prickly Prunella uproot this tentative new friendship or allow it to flower?

Author: Beth Ferry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/16/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.70h x 9.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781665921732
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2024
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2024
BookPage 07/01/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 89
Shelf Awareness 07/25/2024
School Library Journal 09/13/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Beth Ferry is the author of numerous picture books for children including Roar for Reading, Prunella, and the New York Times bestseller Stick and Stone. She is an avid reader who believes that any day spent with a book is a perfect day. Beth lives with her family by the beach in New Jersey where she finds inspiration in the salty air. In addition to writing picture books, Beth also writes chapter books and graphic novels. She's the author of the middle grade book Growing Home. You can learn more at BethFerry.com.

Claire Keane studied graphic design at École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris, France, where she lived for eight years, until she moved to Los Angeles to work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. During her ten-year tenure there, she designed for Tangled, Frozen, Enchanted, and other films. In 2013, she left to dedicate her time to creating her own stories and to work on various book and animation collaborations at her studio in Venice Beach, California. Now, she is the author and illustrator of many books for kids, including Once Upon a Cloud, Love Is, Why?, and Prunella.