Witch Hazel schemes to destroy Devonia, the last living fairy. Hidden in the text and illustrations are clues leading to treasures buried in the United States and Great Britain.
Jessie travels back to the magical world of the Realm to try to discover what has gone wrong in the Hidden Valley where the gnomes live and the fairy-apples grow.
When ten-year-old Amy discovers an injured fairy in her grandmother's barn, she learns that magic is real, and she's determined to find a cure to save her father's life. Venturing through the door to Titania, it's soon clear that all is not well in the land of fairies, and her quest is not nearly as simple as she thought.
The Last Gold Coin tells the story of a young prince who returns from an adventure to find his Kingdom in ruins. All seems lost as a wicked witch plots against him and steals all the gold from the castle vault - all except one last gold coin.The arrival of a beautiful stranger brings a change in fortune, but are the people ready to change their ways? And who is brave enough to tackle the wicked witch? The Financial Fairy Tales are a series of inspirational children's books designed to help teach kids positive money values and skills. The Last Gold Coin contains important money messages of saving, investment and how money can grow. Plus positive values and ideas such as generosity and self reliance.
It is many years ago; two races inhabit the primitive earth: the humans and the fairies. Legend has it that the fairies were sent by their reverend ancestors, the angels, to guard and protect a predestined member of the human race. But the fairies have neglected their charge, saddened and disgusted by mankind's wars and immorality, and withdrawn into their beautiful land of Laseri. Aurora Optilete, fiancee of the Fairy Prince, is determined to reunite the fairies with the humans, whatever the price she might have to pay...
Gwendolyn Carlisle loves fairies, perhaps too much. On her birthday, she receives the precious "kiss" necklace which has been passed down from mother to daughter ever since Peter Pan gave it to Wendy Darling. That night, Gwendolyn has the first of her visions—tantalizing, lifelike visions, almost as if she were actually in Fairy Haven. She sees animaltalent fairy Beck give a pie to wise Mother Dove and hears the voices of water-talent Rani and even Tinker Bell herself. More than anything, Gwendolyn wishes she could be there.
Written by a former member of the Monty Python troupe, this satire of the fairy picture hoax of 1895 is riotously witty, visually extraordinary and wildly original. Illustrations.
This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.... In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority...
This marvelous collection of fairy tales, some moral, some satirical, some bizarre, reflects the popularity and scope of this enduring and versatile genre. Featuring tales written by figures as diverse as Charles Dickens and Ursula Le Guin, this anthology will appeal to the child that exists in every adult.