Stella & Marigold

Book 1

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall

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Paperback

Forthcoming
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English

Chronicle Books
01 May 2025

Children's & Educational; Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: siblings (Children's&YA)

Series: Stella and Marigold

★ “In the vein of Ramona Quimby.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Stella and Marigold are a force to be reckoned with.” —The Horn Book

★ — “Readers will long for a sibling like Marigold or Stella.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ — “Buoyed by an innate sense of fun. . . This early chapter book… [is] equally enjoyable for reading aloud in homes and classrooms.” —Booklist, starred review

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, bestselling author 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 things—like going to school, playing, getting sick sometimes, and visiting the zoo—but even the most regular things have a secret side.

Sure to delight fans of Ivy and Bean, these adventure tales—animated with full-color illustrations of the sisters’ encounters with magical bathrooms, snow monkeys, dream lions, howling wolves, a lost Vice President, and much more—are filled with vibrant characters, creative storytelling, and a whole lot of laughs.

By: Annie Barrows
Illustrated by: Sophie Blackall
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 89g
ISBN: 9781797233819
ISBN 10: 1797233815
Series: Stella and Marigold
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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. Sophie Blackall is an Australian illustrator whose previous books include Ruby's Wish and Meet Wild Boars. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.