10 Days of Giftmas
Day Eight: The Serial Garden, The Complete Armitage Family Stories

Joan Aiken (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) published her first story collection, All You've Ever Wanted, when she was just eighteen. This collection included the first Armitage family stories, stories of a seemingly ordinary British family to whom magical things seemed to happen regularly.

In The Serial Garden, Big Mouth House has for the first time collected all of Joan Aiken's twenty-four Armitage family stories, four of which have never been published before. These short stories for children, with their mix of magic, myth, and humor, will appeal to readers of all ages.

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