Millie Fleur Saves The Night

I told my coworker how I finally pre-ordered the next Millie Fleur book, and she gave me her ARC!! :D Here's Christy Mandin's "Millie Fleur Saves the Night." It's the sequel to the ever-fabulous "Millie Fleur's Poison Garden."

["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.
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.
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.
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."]

I LOOOOOVE Millie Fleur. I love how sweet and dark she is. She's simply herself, even if its different. It's beautiful (and a perfect message for children (people) of all ages).

It was breathtaking how the Dark was a character in this store. By anthropomorphizing it, it became less scary. But giving it a shape, a smile, a personality, we suddenly aren’t that afraid. It’s something familiar and something friendly instead of something unknown. That in of itself is a whole other message of knowledge is power. 

This story will help kids learn that different isn’t bad, but also that the dark doesn’t have to be scary if we know what’s living in the shadows.

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