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Till (that's short for Tillawn) has lost his dog Bess and he has no idea how he's going to find her until a mysterious stranger appears. Mr Finder interviews various witnesses, including a cat, a mole, a heron and Miss Mousey. It's now not what Miss Mousey says that gives Mr Finder the vital clue as to what has happened to Bess, but the sketch she made of the riverbank at the time that Bess went missing. There's a lot of magic in the quest to find Bess, but it's all very confusing for Till and at one point he even doubts the motives of Mr Finder.
I love a story where there's a story behind the story. Philippa Pearce and illustrator Helen Craig shared two grandsons – Nat and Will – and Tillawn is an anagram of their names. In the course of the story Till and Mr Finder meet Miss Gammer (who tells stories) and Miss Mousey, who's an artist and when Till is reunited with Bess the two ladies decide that the story of the adventure would be a lovely one to tell and to illustrate – and so the book is born.
