My hero is... me!

Marianne Levy's Ellie May joins us to help celebrate Children's Book Week 2012 - and to give us her unique take on this year's theme of heroes and heroines

Dear Everybody,

My friend Marianne asked me to write about my hero.

So I had a bit of a think about it, and I ate some fudge cake to help me with all the thinking, and then a bit more fudge cake, and then I finished off the fudge cake, because there was only one slice left and it seemed silly not to.

And then I realised that my hero is... me!

I am definitely my hero because I am an incredibly famous film star, and everyone loves film stars.  Without film stars you wouldn't have films. Also, you wouldn't have glamorous dresses and red carpets, and those things are really inspirational. Especially if you have a brown carpet, or a green carpet, or a blue carpet, or floorboards.

I said all this to Marianne and she was a bit cross. She told me that a hero is someone who you look up to and who you want to be like. She said that a hero is someone who dares  to do things that normal people would be too afraid to do. Someone who has overcome big difficulties to get where they are today.

Well, to be honest, I think I fit all those catergories perfectly. I want to be like me, because I am me, and that's what I'm like. Plus, I am very daring. For example, most people wouldn't have had that third slice of fudge cake. And I have overcome massive difficulties to write this, because Marianne told me not to and I think she might be going to shout at me.

I mean, I suppose there are some things about being a film star that are maybe not quite as important as being a doctor or a fireman or something. For example, I haven't really saved anyone's life today, unless you count helping people with their fashion choices, which can be life or death if you're going to an important party. And I suppose the rainforests are in danger and the ice caps are melting and there aren't as many whales as there used to be and I haven't done anything about that.

But maybe I will tomorrow. In fact, I definitely will. I'm getting my nails done in the morning and I have a TV interview at four o'clock, so that leaves me at least two hours to save the world. Maybe even two and a half hours, if I skip my foot massage.

You're probably feeling totally inspired by me right now, and that's brilliant. To be honest, I'm feeling pretty inspired by me, too. Because it's really important to have a hero, even if it's just Jessica Ennis, who was the person Marianne thought I should say. I looked her up on the internet and actually she is amazingly amazing. She does all this sport and still manages to have really good hair.

Happy Children's Book Week, everyone!

lots of love
Ellie May
xxx

Read our review of Ellie May Would Like to be Taken Seriously for a Change by Marianne Levy