Shirley Hughes

This book is, written for one purpose. That purpose is to tell people what to do to get out of their situations. Life is all about making decisions. This book is entitled God Is Always in My Shadow because God is always with me. Sometimes your shadow is in front of you, sometimes it is beside you, and at other times, it is behind you. Most of the time, God is in front of me, leading me where to go and what to do. But, the last few years he has had...

"It starts out as a regular trip to the store with Mom, but then Lily does a dreadful thing: she flings her beloved stuffed toy, Bobbo, high in the air, only to have him land on top of a school bus just as it's pulling away! Lily is inconsolable. What if she never sees Bobbo again? Little does she know (though the reader can see) that Bobbo is having an exciting adventure at school--and will be well cared for until he finds his way back to Lily."--Publisher's...

In 1930s Liverpool, England, Bronwen and Dylan live with their widowed mother, who works long hours doing other people's washing, and even though she sometimes must leave the children alone in the house, she cautions them not to speak to the O'Rileys next door, who go to a different church.

In this version of the Cinderella tale set in the 1920s, Ella has two men courting her--the handsome Duke of Arc and Buttons the delivery boy.