The exciting new Jelly Pie series of books for girls from Marianne Levy about a little film star with a big personality. Dear Everybody, I'm an incredibly famous film star! I get to sign autographs and be in magazines and I have my very own chaperone, Jeffrey, to look after me. Hooray! But I am also a very serious person. I love nature. I have a bag decorated with butterflies. Did you know that butterflies turn into caterpillars? Amazingly amazing! And that's why I'm helping to save a nature reserve. I've never saved anything before, but it can't be very hard ...can it? Love, Ellie May xxx Looking for a new series of books for girls? Ellie May is the new comedy heroine on the block. With a ditzy brain but an enormous heart she finds herself in all manner of troubles, whether it's rubbing shoulders with other celebrities or getting back to nature to protect endangered animals. And Ellie May is wonderfully brought to life by the cute but comedic illustrations by rising star Ali Pye. 'This book made me laugh out loud. Ellie May rocks!' Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum. 'Very, very funny. A sparkling showstopper' The Independent.
This is Book 1 in the Ellie May Series. See all Ellie May books here.
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Marianne Levy spent her twenties as an actor. She was in various TV shows, did some comedy on Radio 4 and made a brief appearance in the film Ali G In Da House, where she managed to forget both her lines. She then worked as a continuity announcer for Living TV, introducing, and getting obsessed with America's Next Top Model. She's been the voice of a leading
More about Marianne LevyAli Pye had wanted to be an illustrator ever since she was little, and used to draw stories and stick the pages together to make little books. But it took her a few years and a stint as a copy editor to start drawing professionally. She graduated from the Kingston MA in Illustration in 2010 and is now a full-time illustrator.
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