Violet+Mackerel

Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford and Illustrated by Sarah Davis

**Shortlisted for Younger Reader Book of the Year 2011**

Violet Mackerel thinks she would QUITE LIKE to own the blue china bird at the Saturday markets. This is not just a SILLY WISH. It is instead the start of a VERY IMPORTANT idea. But what she needs is a PLOT. A BRILLIANT plot.

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Draw your Own Bluebird

Make an Origami Bluebird

Q and A with author Anna Branford.