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Summary: Another book of wonders and delight
Review: Gorgeous illustrations, lovely gentle text, a surprising amount of personality for such a short picture book... both of my boys (currently 2 and 4 years old) love it and I insisted on a hardcover copy for my own collection (our paperback is well loved).Yolen is amazing and this is among our favorites of her many wonderful books.
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Summary: Absolutely Beautiful
Review: I discovered this book in a class about writing children's books. While I have read many books by Jane Yolen, I can honestly say this is one of my favorite Yolen books with a poem as text. The poetry is intricate yet appears simple. This is a story that must be read aloud, simply to delight in the rhythm and the story. The illustrations are stunning, accentuating an already wonderful story. I strongly recommend this book for children, particularly in a read aloud setting. I also recommend this book for adults who love all things faerie or who appreciate a sweet tale that almost sings.
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Summary: Delight for Child and Grown
Review: I found this book and was delighted by the imagery as well as the lyrical verse. As an artist, I appreciate the wonderful illustrations. My son has even taken a magnifying glass to look at them closer and admire the work. The words roll off the tongue with a wonderful cadence. My children love the sounds as much as the pictures. Its a wonderful story of differences between two children and how they can each appreciate the other's world (Culture) and become friends. It teaches an excellent message of tollerance and appreciation for others as well.
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Summary: Pure magic for children *and* adults
Review: My daughter loves faeries ~ this beautifully written and illustrated book was an instant hit with both of us. Though my daughter is not quite 4 years old, she is able to wrap her head around such concepts as friendship and respect - and what she is learning in this book is that it is important to learn about other people no matter how different before making a decision to like or dislike them. This book subtly teaches an openness of heart that is refreshing. I have also yet to see a single person dislike this book! It falls into the category of such classics as 'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein and 'The Velveteen Rabbit'
Do yourself a favor and read this book - read it for yourself and read it with and for your kids....it's worth every penny.
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Summary: Magical!
Review: My two year old son and I loved this book! It is a beautiful story with amazing illustrations. I would highly recommend it for every child ( and adult!)
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Summary: Peace & Beauty for a Child to Learn
Review: Nearing age five my son decided to express his growing passion for all things Fairy and I searched high and low for gifts to nurture his appreciation of peace and magic. Near the dawn of my quest I discovered this book and immediately ordered it because other reviews were inspiring and the cover art showed a boy fairy (a rare find!). My son loved the book and wanted to share it with all his friends and family. Nearing age six, he still enjoys the book and fondly tells others of the day his mom came in to teach a lesson with it to his kindergarten class. You can recreate the easy lesson with your own children. Simply take two sheets of construction paper and fold them in half, then staple. Give it a purple cover (Child of Fairy) and a green back (Child of Earth). Let the children decorate each with pictures of earth children (photos or drawings of themselves and friends) and fairy children (stickers or drawings of imagined fairy children...glitter is essential!). Next have them devote a couple of pages to creating environments for the children (we used leaves, moss, and twigs glued on for earth kids and bright feathers, glitter, and sequins for fairy kids). Finally devote the two inner-most pages to others who are different from themselves. We cut out pictures in magazines of people of different ages,races, and genders as well as places near and far from "home." This serves as an excellent tool to discuss respecting differences with small children. Enjoy!
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Summary: My New Favorite Children's Book
Review: This book has come to mean so much to our family...the simple story of the faerie boy and human girl teaches us about strength of character and appreciating differences, true. But as a Wiccan mother, this story has a special meaning for my children about being open to magical adventures and yet staying grounded in their own identity. The illustrations are breathtaking, and the poetry practically sings right off the pages. This book should be on every child's shelf.
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Summary: My New Favorite Children's Book
Review: This book has come to mean so much to our family...the simple story of the faerie boy and human girl teaches us about strength of character and appreciating differences, true. But as a Wiccan mother, this story has a special meaning for my children about being open to magical adventures and yet staying grounded in their own identity. The illustrations are breathtaking, and the poetry practically sings right off the pages. This book should be on every child's shelf.
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Summary: Absolutely Beautiful
Review: This book is absolutely beautiful! The illustrations are gorgeous and the poetical rhythm of the rhymes that accompany the pictures are nothing short of lyrical. My favorite bit though, is the ending, where the author urges her young readers to " Be brave, be bold, be unafraid..." It takes traditional children's rhymes to a new level, reminiscent of old world poetry, and yet it is lively, easy to understand and fun to read out loud. It is simply literature for young children at its best!
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Summary: As Good as It Gets
Review: This is one of my all-time favorites. As the title suggests, it is a true faerie tale. In this case a human-child and faerie-child chance to meet and each tries to persuade the other to cross the divide, each making an experimental sojourn. Very well illustrated by one of our favorite illustrators--Jane Dyer--and written in a very nice lyric verse. Here's where the girl declines the offer of the Prince. She looked around the faerie hall
Beneath the hollow hill.
And all the glamour round her spun
To bend her to his will.
But with a sigh, she shook her head.
"That's not by bread
And drink," she said.
"I cannot on your food be fed
And still my needs fulfill." There are 28 pages, 14 sets of facing pages with one of these lyrics on the left with a small picture above. Opposite is a full-page illustration, many of which are among the very best quality in Children's Literature I've seen. Sadly, the hardback is no longer in print, but good used copies are usually available. There's no new-age nonsense in this book, just good old-fashioned mythopoetics.
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