Margaret Willey, Clever Beatrice: and the Best Little Pony. Illustrated by Heather Solomon.
Atheneum.
2002 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
Clever Beatrice is a folktale where the smart and inventive
Beatrice is able to outwit a mischievous gremlin called a lutin. When strange
things start happening to her best pony, Beatrice solicits the help of the
local bread maker who is also known to explain all kinds of mysterious
happenings. He agrees to help Beatrice. As it turns out, Beatrice has all the
best ideas and the baker adopts them as his own. Together they are able to
solve the mystery of the pony and catch the lutin. This isn’t the first Beatrice
story – it is one of several where Beatrice shows her cleverness in solving a
problem. Each story shows how inventive and clever thinking can be used to
solve even the most mysterious puzzle. Girls and boys will benefit from these
stories because they show how to not give up, but to come up with solutions to
problems.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Margaret
Willey grew up in Michigan, the oldest of eleven children. She began her
children’s book writing career with The
Bigger Book of Lydia in 1983. Another of her tales is The 3 Bears and
Goldilocks, told from the bear’s perspective. Margaret also writes YA books the
recent (2012) novel Four Secrets.
For more about Alan Elliott visit www.alanelliott.com
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