WILMSLOW schoolgirl Ebony Errington-Beech had a remarkable 12 months by anyone’s standards, but 2020 definitely ended on a high for the young poet.

The 11-year-old, whose poems led to her being interviewed by Kelly Clarkson, has released her debut collection, Poems I Grew in my Garden, collating 20 poems that she wrote during lockdown.

The book, which was published in mid-December, sold out from its first print run within 24 hours and has now made the Kindle Best Sellers list. Publishers, Double Rainbow Publishing have quickly organised a second run of books to meet demand.

It was already a rollercoaster year for the young wordsmith, whose work featured in the Harper Collins publication Poems for a Pandemic which led to her appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, linking up with Amanda Gorman, the American Youth Poet Laureate.

Ebony’s book contains a selection of nature-themes poems and is accompanied by original artwork by Melanie Kemp.

Ebony, a pupil at Alderley Edge Community Primary School, said: “It’s amazing. I can now spread my work across the country and get my message out about helping to combat climate change.”

Wanting to do something to help the environment was a key aim for Ebony in producing the book as it’s an area she cares passionately about and so profits from sales of the book will go towards buying new tree saplings which will be planted as part of BBC Countryfile’s Plant Britain campaign.

Ebony and her family appeared on the programme in December 2020, planting trees at the National Trust’s Quarry Bank Mill site.

And it seems there’s no stopping Ebony’s creative flow as she is already writing new pieces for 2021.

She said: “I’ve just written a piece about foxes as I really like them – maybe there will be another book to come next year”

Poems I Grew in My Garden is available on Amazon or through the Ebony Boo-Poet Facebook page.