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Actually, books are not safe to read—yesterday I lay down for a half hour after lunch, with a book, and while lying there quietly was stung under the right eye by a tremendous wasp that came along . . .

E.B. White, in a letter to Ursula Nordstrom, Letters of E.B. White, Revised Edition

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Welcome to Jeanne Birdsall's website...

Kirby in beretJeanne Birdsall's first book, The Penderwicks: A Summer Penderwicks book jacketTale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, has won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

The First Family calls the Penderwicks into service.

book jacket GardamHer second book, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, was published in April, 2008. It has been named one of Publishers Weekly 2008 Best Books of the Year.

Find out more about Jeanne’s books, her background, her home and her pets, plus questions people often ask.