Welcome to Jeanne Birdsall's website...
Jeanne Birdsall's first book, The Penderwicks: A Summer
Tale 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.
Her 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.