Well, hello there!
Welcome to our cozy corner of the Internet. Would you like a cup of tea? Or maybe a cup of coffee? A scone? Let’s settle into our favorite comfy chairs — book in hand, cat on lap — for some quiet reading time. If you didn’t bring your book today, or are feeling a touch restless and would rather go for a walk in the wind, we’re always up for one of those, too. Either way, we’ll help you remember to take a deep breath and enjoy a bit of quiet time.
You’re definitely in the right place if you want to:
🤎 Feed your imagination
🤎 Make your everyday more charming
🤎 Recommit to enjoying some of life’s simplest pleasures
🤎 Read what you want, not what anyone else says you should
🤎 (Re)discover a reading life of ease and bliss
🤎 Support indie bookstores
🤎 Help us support literacy efforts, AND help us give 10,000 books to kids
MEET THE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
Who’s the book nerd 🤓 behind the screen?
Hi, there! I’m Jennifer — writer, reader, gardener, and the founder of Read+Purr (boutique publisher of Tiny Garden Story books).
In my free time, you can usually find me snuggled inside (with a book and at least one cat, of course), or outside — in our garden, in the woods, or on a walk.
Like my old friend Frederick (📖 🐭), I collect images, stories, and snippets of nature … and pass them along in the form of cozy little 100-word tales.
TINY GARDEN STORIES
Let’s feed your imagination.
Because a lively imagination is the mossy forest path that will guide you to the whimsy and magic tucked in amongst life’s everyday moments … and because we all need to find, and savor, that everyday magic now more than ever. Taking my inspiration from beloved children’s books (and from our garden and our neighborhood woods), I write and publish tiny, charming tales — full of enchantment and wonder — that delight grown-ups and children alike and set them on that enchanted-forest path.
And because I believe that everyone, no matter their age or circumstances, deserves to experience the blissful escape — the comfort, the endless possibilities, and especially the hope — that comes from getting lost in a good story, we here at Read+Purr also help provide thousands of books to children and families who need them.