Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball () is the first book in the "Beechwood Bunny Tales" series. It was originally published by France's Éditions Milan in 1987, and in the United States by Gareth Stevens in 1991. In its native country, the book won the Prix Saint-Exupéry for 1988, and the Prix de la Ville de Paris for its author. A young rabbit named Periwinkle Bellflower ("Agaric Passiflore" in the French version) learns of the summertime Full Moon Ball that will soon take place in the community of Beechwood Grove. Unlike the other rabbits
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