스텔라가 어렸을 때, 스텔라는 스스로를 거북이라고, 나무도 말을 할 수 있다고, 그리고 책 위에 놓여진 글씨들이 마치 개미들처럼 기어다닌다고 생각했어요. 스스로 신발끈도 묶을 수 없었지만 사나운 모래폭풍 속에서 살아남을 수 있었답니다. 자신만의 독특한 방법으로 세상을 보았던 스텔라의 어린 시절.

When Stella was small she thought she was a turtle, that trees could talk, and that words were like ants running off the pages of her books. She couldn’t tie her shoes, but she could survive a wild sandstorm. Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by the children who read and love her Stella books. Although she didn’t know what she would find when she started to explore Stella’s childhood, she soon realized that when Stella was very small, she saw the world in her own unique way — with wonder, curiosity and the sense that everything is possible. And when Sam came along, what could be more natural than to try to pass this sense of wonder on to him? A story of a lovely, tiny Stella, whose world is full of small adventures and slivers of magic.