The second title about this magical extraterrestrial being as she helps children overcome their problems. Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery as a dragon-fly -- an extraterrestrial busybody and friend to children who need her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims. This is the second of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac's continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac, that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves. Bella Bright comes from a family of travellers, a circus family. She helped Sam have a good birthday party in the first Lilac Peabody book, but she is very shy and gets bullied a lot, particularly by one of the bigger girls at school. Lilac helps Bella to stand up for herself and develop new confidence. By the end of this story she and Sam are firm friends.
Author Biography
Author biography Annie Dalton has been writing children's books for many years. She had been short-listed for the Carnegie medal and won numerous awards including the Nottingham Children's Book prize and the Portsmouth Children's Book award. Her best selling Agent Angel series has been translated into over 10 languages and the first book has been optioned for film. Annie gets inspiration from many places. The idea for Moonbeans came from an illustration on a greetings card. She lives in a cottage in Norfolk that is 400 years old, with a meadow at the bottom of her garden. She has a son and two daughters.
