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Books for faery children and those who love them.
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 Child
of Faerie, Child of Earth
by Jane Yolen, Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
According
to certain tales, faeries leave the underworld once a year
to join in a faerie ring beneath the moonlight. On this magical
night, a faerie boy meets a child of the earth and the two
become friends forever. Luminous full-color paintings by award-winning
artist Jane Dyer add to the magic.
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 Scary Fairies
by Dugald Steer
illustrated by Patricia Ludlow
Scary Faeries will delight
adults as well as children. Naughty fairies nip at legs, pull
hair, and misbehave at every opportunity in this beautifully illustrated
picture book featuring five fairy holograms and a poetic text
just spooky enough to give youngsters a little chill.
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The Rainbow Goblins
by Ul De Rico
Since its first publication
more than 15 years ago, the fantastic colors, amazing detail,
and sweeping scope of The Rainbow Goblins have irresistibly
invited tens of thousands of children to plunge their imaginations
into its vivid world. This charming allegorical tale is once
again available in a new edition.
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 Fairies from
A to Z (A Fairy Box Book)
by Adrienne Keith,
Wendy Wallin Malinow (Illustrator)
Review From Horn Book:
Precious rhyming couplets describe an alphabet of fairy lore:
whenever loving fairies meet, their EYELASH kisses are so sweet.
Only hints of fairies -- feet, hands, wings-- are seen in the
busy watercolors. The fanciful volume may become tedious, even
for those who love all things fey. To encourage visits from
the diminutive supernatural creatures, a ready-to-assemble airy
box is included.
-- Copyright ©
1995 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Fairy Wings
by Lauren Mills (Illustrator),
Dennis Nolan (Illustrator)
Ridiculed by all
but her friends Frog, Crow and Rat, little wingless Fia spends
her days inventing games of the earth rather than the sky. When
the boy fairy Kip invites her to attend the annual May Dance,
Fia timidly joins him at the ball. Fia's wingless situation
creates a stir until the dance is interrupted by the arrival
of a wicked troll seeking a late-night snack of delicate fairy
wings! Full color.
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 Wild Child
by Lynn Plourde, Greg Couch (Illustrator)
From Kirkus Reviews
The change of seasons from fall to winter makes a captivating
bedtime story as Mother Nature tries to tuck in her wild child,
Autumn. This child will do anything to stay up; when she complains
that she needs a song, her mother provides one that includes acorns
splattering, leaves crinkling, and birds twittering. Next the
child needs a treat, and after she has munched on a bounty of
cranberries, nuts, and pumpkins, she has to change into her pajamas.
These nightclothes are the flame colors of autumn leaves with
orange slippers to match. Before she can really fall asleep, the
child demands a goodnight kiss. This ''frosty kiss'' is necessarily
cold and frozen, foreshadowing the next season, but to readers,
the effect of such a somber kiss from mother to child is chilling,
or at least less than comforting. Finally the child yawns and
curls up to sleep, but the mother will not be resting, for another
child, Winter, arrives and ''can't sleep.'' Couch's absorbing
illustrations match the allegorical aspect of the poetic text,
and both transport readers with images of unusual clarity and
depth.
-- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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The Little Mermaid
by Sulamith Wulfing (Illustrator), Hans Christian Andersen,
Petra Michel (Translator)
From Booklist Gr. 4-6,
younger for reading aloud. This fine translation of Andersen's
fairy tale first appeared in Michael Hague's Favorite Hans Christian
Andersen Fairy Tales (1981). Hague's picture-book version is
a colorful collection of undersea life--glittering fish, sparkling
ocean flora, and merpeople with pearly tails float from page
to page as the Little Mermaid pursues her impossible love. That
the pictures do not always accurately reflect the text and that
the faces of the characters are less graceful than their forms
will go unnoticed by young readers captured by the romance of
the subject at hand. The Little Mermaid's ultimate tragedy is
foreshadowed by dark stormy seas and Andersen's own telling
language. Parents may have to bewarned that this is the antithesis
of Disney, with a sad, if foregone, conclusion. Janice Del Negro
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