![]() ![]() But it was also important to me for Elizabella to show us that sometimes when we’re feeling jealous or angry or upset we may let those feelings dictate our behaviour and that it’s important to learn to forgive ourselves when that happens. To show how anyone can be wild and brave, and that it’s okay to question the rules. Of course I would love for Elizabella to shine a light on her readers’ inner power and strength. Also, I’m about as mature as a ten year old so that helps. Essentially, I think my humour and general reverence for the ridiculous make writing for children my natural wheelhouse. The Checkout was very popular among kids, and even my first book of short stories Almost Sincerely was read by a lot of young people (mildly disturbing given some of the themes!). Often when I have tried to write for adults, I wind up appealing to children. How did you find writing for children instead of adults? Then I mixed them together with a pile of dirt and knotty hair and out came Elizabella. Being embarrassed, making mistakes, feeling jealous. Then I thought about all the things I hated as a kid. Ambitious, fearless, questioning authority, popular, creative. I honestly sat down in the bath one day and thought really hard about who I wished I was when I was a kid. Apparently when I was in kindergarten I came home with a merit award declaring proudly that I was “Arthur of the Month” which my parents have never let me forget. I did always love writing like Elizabella, though. I would say I was an aspiring Elizabella, but I never quite got there. I’ve started by dedicating this book about an incredibly naughty ten year old girl to him.Īre you Elizabella, or did you want to be her? I just had a baby boy and I want nothing more than for his universe to be full of them. But for the world to be a better place everyone needs more female heroines. Why do readers need a female heroine?įor starters, it’s so important that girls have a range of female heroines to instil within them a sense of their own power. The tween market is crowded with male characters. Instead of reworking histories, she’ll fix CinderellaĪnd she’ll give you a Sorry Poem instead of a sonnetīut make her write another love poem and she’ll definitely vomit. Poems and Fixytales all day and all nightĪnd one day she will be Shakespeare but better There’s frenemy Minnie where the plot gets real thickĪnd all of the while Elizabella will write There’s Poor Mr Gobblefrump, feeling lovesick There’s Ava and Evie and Sandy and Daphne There’s Dad Martin, Bro Toddberry, a Lizard called Larry ‘Cause she likes him so much she commits it to verse “No I don’t!” she protests, sounding over-rehearsed She’s a little bit grimy and incredibly rhymeyĪnd she has a crush on a Huck with his shoes that are slimy She’s knotty and schemey, she cooks like Nigella Can you tell us why people will love Elizabella, with your answer in poem-form? Debut children’s author and comedian Zoe Norton Lodge takes us behind the scenes in her new book Elizabella Meets Her Match.Įlizabella likes to write poems. ![]()
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