Hairy, Scary, but Mostly Merry Fairies!


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Author Renee Simmons Raney believes that every child deserves his or her own personal landscape in which to seek adventure and unleash creativity. Through this charming storybook, Renee weaves fairy stories, enhancing the natural world with supernatural creatures, and connecting children to diverse habitats, creatures, seasons, and holidays while inspiring a sense of place, a land conservation ethic, and a comfortable fearlessness for outdoor exploration. Hairy, Scary, but Mostly Merry Fairies! also includes activities that encourage families and school classes to explore their natural surroundings and to engage in imaginative play. It offers a multi-generational remedy for curing nature deficiency.




Hairy, Scary, but Mostly Merry Fairies!


Book Description

Author Renee Simmons Raney believes that every child deserves his or her own personal landscape in which to seek adventure and unleash creativity. Through this charming storybook, Renee weaves fairy stories, enhancing the natural world with supernatural creatures, and connecting children to diverse habitats, creatures, seasons, and holidays while inspiring a sense of place, a land conservation ethic, and a comfortable fearlessness for outdoor exploration. Hairy, Scary, but Mostly Merry Fairies! includes activities that encourage families and school classes to explore their natural surroundings and to engage in imaginative play, and it offers a multi-generational remedy for curing nature deficiency.




Mary the Hairy Fairy


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How hairy should a fairy be? Is it scary to be hairy as a fairy? In this lairy tale of adventures, a young fairy soon discovers an inner strength she never knew she had.Behind an old shed lives a group of tiny fairies in a place called Fickle Town. The usual fairies exist but one fairy stands out from the rest; and she is not your typical fairy. Mary the Hairy Fairy was born with an unimaginable amount of hair that gets in the way of Mary’s attempts to fit in on the streets of Fickle Town. What appears at first to be a hindrance, later proves to be her savior as an amusing series of catastrophes finally lead Mary to her destiny.Author and illustrator Daniel Corcoran’s latest creation will generate a stack of laughs. The pages are bursting with colourful and detailed illustrations that will entertain kids over and over again. ‘I wanted this story to touch on how much kids focus on body image – especially with girls,’ says Corcoran. ‘I didn’t want Mary to be a typical character fairy. So I sketched her to be quite unique and stand out from the crowd. She tries to be like everyone else but in the end she finds her own way in the world rather than conforming.’




The Hairy Fairy


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Willow the Witch brews up a magical mix. Her plan was simple: She would make Nigel hairy (and a little scary). The only cure was true loves kiss. Then he would see, their love was meant to be.




The Hairy Faerie


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What if you woke up one morning as hairy as a Yak? Worse, what if, when you tried to cut the hair off, it grew back even thicker? Worst of all, what if you couldn't get rid of the hair without magic - and you didn't know any spells? Waking up hairy is bad enough for hurnans, but Mary Moffett is a faerie and if anyone sees her like this she'll be banished from the faerie kingdom forever. Unfortunately, the queen of the faeries is expecting Mary to deliver one of her famous mushroom and nettle crumbles. But Mary is so hairy she can barely see, let alone bake, and General Sleed of the Queen's Brigade is on his way to arrest her with a troop of fifty heavily-armed faerie warriors! Luckily for Mary, her best friend, Deetle McBeetle, arrives first - but time is running out. Deetle knows someone who can help but it will require a perilous journey. Can Mary and Deetle make it past the Hogsquashers and Nugginpluckers in Midnight Wood? If they do, can they find the old faerie wizard known as Pink? Even if they can, will there be time to solve the mystery of where all Mary's horrible hair came from and how to get rid of it before Mary is sent away from the kingdom forever? The Hairy Faerie is a story about how friendship and a bit of determination can create the kind of magic that will fix even the worst situations...




Scary Fairies


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Introduces mischievous fairy babies, tricky toadstool fairies, nasty fairies who trip people and cover their clothes with goo, and other unpleasant supernatural creatures.




Dark Fairies


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We all know about fairies--they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right? Wrong In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom, they were to be feared rather than trusted. Indeed, in their original form, many of our "fairy tales" read more like late-night horror stories. Dr. Bob Curran investigates the folkloric roots of the fairy kind, tracing their origins from the sprites and maenads of Classical times to the sanitized versions of the English Victorians. Among other aspects, he examines the connections in the Christian mind between the fairy kind and demons; the links between fairies and ancient, pagan gods; and the often-strained relations between fairies and humans across the ages. This is not a book for those who believe that fairies are friendly, kindly creatures. With the growing and anticipated interest in fairies--particularly given the forthcoming Disney film Wings, starring Miley Cyrus--Dark Fairies is a timely and valuable new title.




A Dreadful Fairy Book


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Readers, beware: what you hold in your hands is a dreadful fairy book. I wish I were narrating almost any other fairy story, but alas, this is my lot. Whatever expectations you have of delightful and whimsical fairies are sure to be disappointed. There are certainly fairies, but most are not proper fairies. Some who are supposed to be nasty are disappointingly nice, while some who should be kind and helpful are disconcertingly surly, dishonest, and generally unpleasant company. Our heroine is, perhaps, the worst offender—a sprite more interested in books than carefree games, who insists on being called Shade. She is on a quest, albeit with rather questionable companions, to find a place her outré self can call home. A place of companionship, comfort, and, most importantly, positively filled with books.




Evil Fairies Love Hair


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Middle-schooler Ali's wish will come true if she follows all the rules to grow 100 evil fairies and feed them human hair, then find another child to do the same, but she is determined to find out what else the fairies are up to.




Scary Fairies


Book Description

Introduces mischievous fairy babies, tricky toadstool fairies, nasty fairies who trip people and cover their clothes with goo, and other unpleasant supernatural creatures.