The Green Kingdom
New York Times Bestseller

4 Stars One Liner: Entertaining and informative Twelve-year-old Caspia is not a fan of cities. She lives in Maine and doesn’t want to move to Brooklyn with her parents even if it is for just three months. However, she discovers a bundle of letters with riddles about plants and finds herself explorin......more

What a lovely book. This was my first Cornelia Funke book and will definitely not be my last. Whilst reading the letters I felt like I was transported back in time. I liked all the characters and watching their friendships develop. The plant puzzles were intriguing and I found myself trying to figur......more

3.5 Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review! This was very sweet and heartwarming, and I hope will inspire some green-fingers in kids reading it! There’s so much focus on friendship, and I think the facts about the plants were really......more

A sweet story about plants, friendship, and making the best of being out of your comfort zone. This is a great spring/summer read for kids :)......more

12-year old Caspia and her parents are spending a few months in Brooklyn over the summer, and Caspia is not excited. On her first day there, she finds 10 letters from Rosalind to her sister Minna, who lived in the apartment they're staying at. Rosalind was traveling with her father, and would send r......more