Down a narrow, windy cobblestone street sits a tiny little cobbler's shop with beautiful stained-glass windows run by a strange, little man named Red Clover. A grouchy recluse who has lived for over two hundred years, Red has virtually no memory of his mysterious past. Melly Farold, a sickly little girl who lives across from Red's shop, senses there is something odd (and weirdly magical) about the little cobbler. Sneaking around his shop one day, she discovers a forgotten portal that Red once used to quickly travel back and forth from his magical homeland of Sorrel Glade. With the help of Melly, her two friends, and a fellow bromus named Violet Harebell, Red must make the perilous journey through the magic portal, capture the evil Bitter Vetch and undo the magic that could devastate the human world before it is too late! Author Bio: Caroline Reynolds has studied art and design and is a freelance illustrator in Happy Valley, Australia. A native of England, Mrs. Reynolds is constantly inspired by her children and is planning her next book in the Bead Street series.