"Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by the children who read and love her 'Stella' books. Where does Stella get her wild ideas? How big is Stella's imagination? What did Stella look like hen she was small? How did Stella come to be the big sister to Sam? Although Gay 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"--Jacket.