Ciara liked to invite her friends to play house also. They would spend hours decorating a new house, under the stairs or in the hotpress.

They especially liked playing under the kitchen table when her mum’s friends came to visit for tea.
“Can we have some milk and biscuits,” they would all shout.

The book also contains the historical background to the name "Ciara", here are some of those facts:

Ciara has roots in the Irish word ciar, meaning ‘black’ or ‘dark.

A seventh century Ciara provides one of the earliest records of the name… she was reputed to possess extraordinary, almost psychic powers.

Hollywood actress Keira Knightly changed the spelling of her name from Kiera to avoid mispronunciation in the USA. Before her first lead role in Bend it like Beckham, she spent three months being coached in Brazilian soccer skills…