The Butterfly Club

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The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award. Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. Let me tell you, when I got to THAT bit near the end where I realised the crossover between this and one of JW's earlier books. I really enjoyed how it explored really interesting topics such as looking at the development of Tina finding and embracing her self-identity.

In this story, Tina is dealing with a lot: Her scary teacher Miss Lovejoy and big scary bully Selma.She also heavily encourages the girls not to do anything without the other and I think this is unhealthy for siblings, let alone triplets. A hugely entertaining mystery' – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller Children's Previews 'One to Watch' Greenwich, London, 15th.

Tina learns though that she can stand on her own two feat and that some people aren't as bad as they seem. All staff are on professional development training programs relating to their role within Butterflies. Tina y sus hermanas juran que Selma es la niña más mala del mundo, pero conforme se van conociendo, se dan cuenta de que no hay niño malo, sino niños con situaciones complicadas, y que la amistad es lo mejor que se les puede dar. And I do not deny the great appeal and wonder of Sharratt's vibrant and dynamic work; he draws his characters with such rich and lovely thick lines that it's hard to not love them.

Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. the school bully turned best friend is literally explicitly punched several times by her MOTHER at school pickup, in front of other parents and teachers. You really get sucked into the book, and it inspires you to do a lot of things you might never think of even attempting.

Seeing Ruby act as she always wanted too was such a treat and seeing Garnet flourish in her own camera-shy way behind the scenes and making a name for herself via producing/script writing was brilliant. There was also something very modern and self aware in the way the triplets' mum tries to get them to see a different perspective on Selma's fractured home life; I found this an important lesson to be incorporated into the book. My daughter’s perception of Selma changed with Tina’s - I heard and saw the proof in her very vocal outbursts as I read.I do appreciate that Wilson always threads serious issues through her books, but I think this is one time that she doesn't handle it overly well and doesn't really give a conclusion to Selma's suffering. There's also a delicious character cameo within the final sequence of the book that will make fans of Wilson's former titles deeply happy.