The Green Kingdom
New York Times Bestseller
Cornelia Funke author Tammi Hartung author Melissa Castrillón illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Published:6th Mar '25
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£8.99(9780241699768)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2025
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“Enchanting, joyful, full of light and warmth, and glittering with real-world magic.” – Sophie Anderson
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke, known for the INKHEART series, comes a new adventure book featuring foil edges and a metallic-effect cover.
Enter the story of Caspia, who sets out to solve a series of riddles, and as she does, she meets friends she could have never imagined.
Anywhere can feel like home if you are brave enough to put down new roots…
Caspia’s summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten botanical riddles in this enchanting adventure.
Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn’t thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters hidden in an old chest of drawers. Each letter contains a ‘green’ riddle, with clues leading to a different plant.
The newest adventure from the award-winning author of Inkheart and Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke weaves magic into every sentence of this new and exciting mystery set in the heart of New York City. The Green Kingdom is perfect for fans of the Greenwild series.
Three things you’ll find in this book:
Solving riddles
Mystery
New friendships
Cornelia Funke’s The Green Kingdom (DK, £7.99, 10+), written in collaboration with celebrated ethnobotanical writer Tammi Hartung, is set in present-day Brooklyn. There are no big environmental messages here, but this heartwarming story about 12-year-old Caspia, uprooted from small-town Maine to the big city, is enriched by a historical mystery that transforms the urban landscape into a vast garden for exploring: “an enchanted forest made of bricks and eccentric people.” The plot is anchored by the discovery of a set of old letters and structured by 10 riddles which see Caspia start to put down roots despite her homesickness, as she makes new friends from all generations and ethnicities. The Green Kingdom showcases the masterful storytelling of the German author, with Hartung’s nuggets of botanical detail adding subtle layers of learning to this page-turning book. -- Sara Keating * The Irish Times *
ISBN: 9780241698020
Dimensions: 205mm x 137mm x 21mm
Weight: 280g
224 pages