Super Milly and the Super School Day - preview

For Esme and Henry and for Jess, my super supportive mum – S.C. For Max and Matthew – G.M.

First published in 2020 by Nosy Crow Ltd Te Crow’s Nest, 14 Baden Place Crosby Row, London, SE1 1YW www.nosycrow.com

ISBN 978 1 78800 768 9 (HB) • ISBN 978 1 78800 769 6 (PB)

Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd.

Text copyright © Stephanie Clarkson 2020 • Illustrations copyright © Gwen Millward 2020 Te right of Stephanie Clarkson to be identifed as the author and of Gwen Millward to be identifed as the illustrator of this work has been asserted.

All rights reserved

Tis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise)

without the prior written permission of Nosy Crow Ltd.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed in China

Papers used by Nosy Crow are made from wood grown in sustainable forests.

GWEN MILWARD STEPHANIE CLARKSON

I am SUPER MILLY!

Today is Superhero Day at school.

I have used all the tinfoil, a tea towel with only one hole – which doesn’t even show –a pair of my brother Joe’s pants, and a big badge with an M.

. . . I don’t have X-ray vision . . .

I can’t climb up buildings . . .

and superheroes are supposed to beat the baddies . . .

but I can’t stop Joe taking the last bit of toast.

I don’t have any special powers.

When I get into class, there is already a big emergency.

William’s dad has forgotten that it is Superhero Day. William is crying in the book corner . . . in his normal trousers!

A real superhero would spin around William super fast . . .

But Miss Kent says, “Bottoms on seats please, Milly.” until his outfit changed.

So, I think hard and . . .

. . . I unpin my special badge.

“You can be Wonder William,” I say.

“But it’s an M,” he says. I pin it on him upside down.

“Now it’s a W!”

Wonder William says I am super kind.

Next, we have to write about

“A Day in the Life of a Superhero”.

Fantastic Flora is not keen on writing.

Her bs keep looking like ds.