Miss Take

by Christopher Phillips, Gill Cole (Illustrator)

Miss Chief, Miss Fit, and Miss Take are three stories I wrote to read to my son in 1977, when he was 5 years old. He loved the Mister Men books by Roger Hargreaves, especially Mr Tickle, and at that time Roger Hargreaves had not written his “Little Miss” books. I sent my three scripts to his publisher in 1978, but they were not taken up. Not long afterwards, in 1981, they published his “Little Miss” series.
I read my Miss Chief book to a class of 7 year olds in a school in Bay City, Michigan, USA, and they loved it, and I was told that they often referred to Miss Chief for several months afterwards.
I hope that many more young children will like this series, which I am self publishing.
Miss Take was rather like a Magpie. Her house was called “The Nest” and it was full of bright and shiny things.
Miss Take was rather like her name, Read how she gets round her problems....

22 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 30, 2017

About the author

Christopher Phillips is Professor of History and Department Head at the University of Cincinnati.