Set during World War II, at a time when drastic measures were taken as needed, this story starts out with something to capture a kids' imagination: Lizzie and her brother are sent far away from home. Truth … or consequences? Is honesty the best policy? "Lizzie and the Lost Baby" takes a good look at that question. The local magistrate said Elsie could keep the baby. The baby's brother, Elijah, thought Lizzie might know something, but the adults in Swaindale told her to keep quiet.
Lizzie knew something wasn't quite right, especially when she heard that a nearby Gypsy camp was looking for a baby that was missing. She hoped Madge would help her find the baby's mother but, instead, Elsie took the baby as her own. Lizzie couldn't imagine why anybody would abandon a baby like that - especially one as beautiful as the one she found. She was laying on a dirty quilt on the grass, a little cherub with black curly hair, crying and all alone. Madge only asked that the children be prompt for lunchtime and not upset Elsie - both of which were very easy to do, until Lizzie found the baby. There were cows and sheep, green grass, and things to do. Peter found someone to play with nearby, and the scenery was lovely. Though Lizzie missed mummy and nana something awful, the English countryside was nice. And Lizzie didn't want it - but she knew leaving was for the best.Īnd so it was that 10-year-old Lizzie and 7-year-old Peter were sent to Swaindale to live with a policeman named Fred Arbuthnot his wife, Madge and Madge's dotty sister, Elsie. All the children in Hull were sent to the English countryside to live with strangers that spring, whether they wanted it or not. Mummy said it was for their safety because daddy was away at war and the Germans could bomb Britain at any time. And, as in the new book "Lizzie and the Lost Baby" by Cheryl Blackford, that's advice that grown-ups should heed, too.īut she knew she had to, and so did her brother, Peter. You've known practically since you were born that lying was not a good thing.
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