Little Button Girl

What does a friendless girl do who is constantly picked upon in school for the clothes she wears? Ellie is not rich, her father died young, and her mother cant afford to buy her clothes in a store. Her mother, being a seamstress, makes clothes for Ellie out of the remnants of material she uses to sew her customers clothes. Ellie loves to collect buttons and is constantly adding to her large collection. Will her passion for buttons lead her to the answer she is looking for to put an end to the students non-stop harassment of her? Ellies creativeness, a mothers love and a stroke of luck will turn her whole life completely around.