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  • Published: 25 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9798217079667
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Ella Josephine and the Apartment House on Poppy Hill

Book 1




Winner of the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Children's Literature

A charming new audiobook by bestselling author Nina LaCour

Welcome to 1106 Wildflower Place: It is no ordinary apartment house, but you, listener, are no ordinary visitor. So, please, come in!

Two new tenants have just arrived, and nine-year-old Ella is determined to help them settle in. Who better to teach them about the glitchy lights and the nighttime noises? After all, Ella knows all the neighbors. Well, almost all. No one has met the mysterious Robinsons who live on the top floor. Will a special neighborly celebration change all that? This bighearted audiobook by bestselling author Nina LaCour celebrates community, friendship, family, and home. It is a place of walking dogs that aren't yours, keeping surprises secret, and making everyone feel welcome.

Here, the eccentric joy of Armistead Maupin's Tales of The City merges seamlessly with the antic fun of Ivy + Bean, the family tenderness of The Penderwicks, and the madcap adventure of Eloise in an irresistible story that will leave you eager for the next one!

  • Published: 25 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9798217079667
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

About the author

Nina LaCour

Nina LaCour is the author of the widely acclaimed Hold Still, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, and the Michael L. Printz Award-winner We Are Okay. She is also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of You Know Me Well. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher, she now writes and parents full time. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Nina lives with her family in San Francisco, California. www.ninalacour.com

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Praise for Ella Josephine and the Apartment House on Poppy Hill

“The author’s foray into chapter books takes on lighter themes of time and its passing, family, community, inclusion, and the mindfulness of noticing things… a pleasant, inclusive story.” — School Library Journal
“Through Ella’s infectious narration and the stories’ loosely defined plots, LaCour sketches distinctive, endearing characters and offers a gentle celebration of intergenerational friendship and community.” — Publishers Weekly
“LaCour’s new transitional chapter-book series is cozy and classic-feeling…Ella’s curiosity and gregariousness are infectious, and she’ll easily sweep readers into her charming world.” — Booklist