Ellie and the Butterfly Kitten
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This issue’s cover is Sharon Creech’s The Wanderer. Sharon Creech is interviewed by Suzanne Manczuk. Our thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help in producing this March cover.
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Ellie and the Butterfly Kitten
Illustrated by Karin Littlewood
Ellie's mum must go to hospital, and while Ellie loves staying with her Nanna, she misses mum. On a trip to the beach, she and Nanna find a tiny kitten, which they take home. Ellie loves Butterfly and lavishes attention on her. But when it develops that the kitten belongs to someone else, she gives her up sadly, realising that Butterfly, being very small, needs her own mum. Little girls and little kittens are happiest when with their mothers. Bold splashes and streaks of colour glow and reflect Ellie's-moods, both sad and happy. A lovely production.
