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What happens when you build a house for the fairies to live in? Do they come to visit?
Fascinated by the array of fairy shelters made of bark, leaves, seashells and other natural materials, Kristen sets out to build a fairy house in the woods. Little does she realize that nature wants to get in on the act - with her own special cast of characters!
Each time, as Kristen checks on her fairy house, there is an unexpected visitor! Irresistible illustrations enhance the anticipation of what will happen next, right up to the surprise ending.
Does Kristen really see the fairies? Or is it the influence of a particular place at a special moment? This enchanting story reveals how nature inspires children's imaginations and captures their hearts. It encourages them to cherish and respect wildlife and their habitats. And to create their own fairy houses at any time of year in woods, meadows, parks, and even in their own back yards!
K-Gr 3-Kristen's parents take her on a vacation to Maine and show her a village of little houses made from natural materials in the woods that humans have made for fairies. The child builds her own miniature home and returns each morning to find only animals enjoying it. However, on the last day, after seeing only a deer licking the salt off seashells placed at the entrance to her little building, Kristen falls into a light slumber. It is then that she is rewarded with the fairies appearing to her as thanks for respecting the woods and its animals. The fairies glow so brightly that she must close her eyes, and when she reopens them they have changed into beautiful monarch butterflies. Children will be eager to build a fairy house with the inspiring suggestions provided by the author at the end of the book. Kane's fanciful illustrations are colorful, and their somewhat muted appearance on the page add to the child's dreamlike trip.-Meghan R. Malone, Turner Free Library, Randolph, MA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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Dante Muoz
reviewed Fairy Houses (The Fairy Houses Series) on October 20, 2009
Fairy Houses (The Fairy Houses Series)
On a family vacation, Kristen's parents take her to a special place in the woods - a place where fairy houses abound, and where you're welcome to build a fairy home yourself, provided you use only items found in nature, and only non-living items.
So, Kristen builds a fairy house, and while the animals of the woods seem to love it, the fairies don't come. So, Kristen keeps trying to improve the home, and she keeps waiting, and waiting...
It's really the idea of this book that I enjoyed, and the fact that I didn't exactly know how it would end up (something that doesn't happen very often in picture books) that bumped this up to four stars, for me. I probably got three stars of enjoyment out of it, but I really liked the fact that it can inspire children to go outside and build something fantastical from the things nature leaves them.
I adore fairy houses, and as someone who's now an adult (at least, by the rest of the world's standards) I found myself wanting to go outside and build a fairy house of my own :)
(another "go outside and make stuff" type book that I loved is "Mud Pies and Other Recipes" by Marjorie Winslow - it's not about fairy houses, but rather a collection of "natural" recipes any doll would love).
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