Book Description
Product Description
Polly Price didn't think it was possible for her actress mother, Arabella Diamonte, to be any more embarrassing than on the trip to San Francisco last summer. That is until she agrees to take part in a television programme called Celebrity Home Watch and a camera crew arrives at their home to film. Her mother lacks volume control at the best of times, so this is truly a reality tv nightmare - with no escape for Polly!
Dee Shulman has created a real hit for young readers with her charming full-colour illustrations and interactive concept.
From the Back Cover
If you happen to pick this book up - PLEASE don't show it to anybody. It is totally PRIVATE. And quite DISHEARTENING.
It tells the TRAGIC story of a helpless innocent person (ME) trying to live an ordinary private life with a very DIFFICULT mother.
But how can you live an ordinary private life if your difficult mother invites a TV crew to come and film in your house???
How are you supposed to keep that a secret from everyone at school???!
About the Author
Dee Shulman has written and/or illustrated about fifty books for children, ranging from board books to teenage fiction. Her books have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Dutch and Finnish, been highly recommended in the press and on radio and shortlisted for numerous awards.
Dee has a degree in English from York University and went on to study Illustration at Harrow School of Art. She began her illustration career in magazines, cartoon strips and pop-video storyboards, and only started writing for children when her own children were small. Despite a diet of gummy bears and sherbert fountains, her children have insisted on growing up - so her characters have had to grow up with them, and now even they refuse to do what they're told!
