Children’s book inspired by Hagersville resident’s lifelong medical journey

HAGERSVILLE—The cover of Jill Battle’s Alice the Butterfly Needs a Friend.—Submitted photo. HAGERSVILLE—Alice the butterfly’s journey from illness to friendship is taking flight in a new children’s book by a Hagersville author. Jill Battle’s Alice the Butterfly Needs a Friend is aimed at readers aged four to seven and draws directly from her own life. “(It) was inspired from my…