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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!
Rating:
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: an extraordinary book for all ages
Review: This book is both a lyrical and visual treasure. I bought this as a Christmas present for a niece and couldn't part with it! I even bought a copy just so I could mat and frame some of the incredibly magical pictures. This is my favorite children's book`of all time.
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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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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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Summary: A delight to read to children
Review: Where do children learn the love of reading ? By being read to of course, Child of faerie, Child of earth is perfect to read aloud. The illustrations are gorgeous and the rhymes that accompany the pictures are sweet and lyrical. The old story is here, the meeting of mortal and faerie - this is literature for young children at its best. And it's a delight to read this to children ! Highly recommended
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Summary: Vivid and absorbing
Review: Yolen has done it again! She has a knack for infuseing rich old stories with new life. The pictures are marvelous, too! Magic is afoot in this book.
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