Patty Blossom

A newly illustrated edition with reader's notes for tricky words. Complete and unabridged.

A blizzard cancels Patty Fairfield’s plans—but not her good mood. Soon she’s stepping into a world of eccentric artists, unexpected choices, and a house that could become a home for children.

Patty Fairfield warms her slippered feet by a fire while snow swirls outside—and she’s ready for whatever comes next. At a lakeside cottage, Patty meets a poet with grand ideas, his theatrical sister, and a studio full of smoke, strange costumes, and stranger performances. But there’s more at stake than surviving an unusual party: Patty is helping decide the future of Red Chimneys, a house that might give children a place of their own. Between wedding preparations, city adventures, and a poem that goes missing, she’ll need all her kindness, courage, and clear-eyed cheerfulness. When everyone else has a plan for Patty, will she discover what she wants for herself?

This complete and unabridged edition includes reader’s notes for tricky words and brings young readers Carolyn Wells’s lively story of Patty Blossom.

At Wise Minds Press we believe the years between childhood and the teenage leap are a golden window: curiosity runs high, vocabulary explodes and a single page can spark a lifetime of possibility. We were those wide‑eyed readers once—hungry for challenge, eager to roam far‑flung worlds, and guided by parents and teachers who knew the right story could light the path ahead. Today we honor that legacy by bringing time‑tested classics to young readers complete and unabridged, with reader's notes for the tricky words, and original illustrations for Grades 4‑7 (Ages 9‑12).

Our mission is simple: to place in every young reader's hands a bridge to literature's greatest adventures, turning boundless imagination into confidence, empathy, and the readiness to write their own remarkable futures.