{"id":3446,"date":"2026-04-16T04:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninashoroplova.ca\/wp\/?page_id=3446"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:47:00","slug":"arabella-meets-willoughby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ninashoroplova.ca\/wp\/books\/arabella-meets-willoughby","title":{"rendered":"Arabella Meets Willoughby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I originally wrote this for four of my grandchildren, the ones living in France. This is the description on Amazon: “As little Arabella Matthews explores nature in Vancouver with her parents, she learns more about herself. It is fall. As the year end approaches, she meets Willoughby Longlegs. She knows she has found a friend.
This is a fantasy illustrated with vibrant, original photographs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows? I may write another book for children. It is a really challenging genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I originally wrote this for four of my grandchildren, the ones living in France. This is the description on Amazon: “As little Arabella Matthews explores nature in Vancouver with her parents, she learns more about herself. It is fall. As the year end approaches, she meets Willoughby Longlegs. She knows she has found a friend.This … Continue reading Arabella Meets Willoughby<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P88o8T-TA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2930,"url":"https:\/\/ninashoroplova.ca\/wp\/writer\/stories\/a-mount-fuji-hanami","url_meta":{"origin":3446,"position":0},"title":"A Mount Fuji Hanami","author":"Nina","date":"April 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cArabella, you can carry the picnic mugs,\u201d says Mom. \u201cWilloughby, you can carry the picnic plates.\u201d \u201cDad and I will carry the snacks, the treats, and the juice,\u201d says Mom. \u201cAnd the blanket,\u201d says Dad. \u201cWhere are we going, Mom?\u201d asks Arabella. \u201cWhat are we doing, Dad?\u201d asks Willoughby. \u201cWe\u2019re\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninashoroplova.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Arabella_350.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1527,"url":"https:\/\/ninashoroplova.ca\/wp\/writer\/stories\/writers-block-a-story","url_meta":{"origin":3446,"position":1},"title":"Writer\u2019s Block\u2014A Story","author":"Nina","date":"July 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Gwen was so relieved that one of her authors\u2014Julie Devon\u2014had emailed her with the latest version of her book manuscript; it was so much easier to edit someone else\u2019s manuscript than it was to keep writing her own. 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