| Edition |
First Random House edition. |
| Description |
76 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm |
| Contents |
When a ring's around the moon / Mary Jane Carr -- Singeli's silver slippers / Martha Inez Johnson -- Song for a summer evening / Mildred Bowers Armstrong -- Little people's market / Dorothy Brown Thompson -- A goblinade / Florence Page Jaques -- The brownie in the garden / Elsa Ruth Nast -- The second-hand shop / Rowena Bennett -- Pipes and drums / Lilian Holmes -- The pixie's scarf / Alison Uttley -- The fairies / William Allingham -- The cannery bear / Ray St. Clair -- The bored goblins / Dorothy Brown Thompson -- The gift / Jane Werner -- Halloween song / Marjorie Barrows -- Finding fairies / Marjorie Barrows -- The lost merbaby / Margaret and Mary Baker -- The little house / Elizabeth Godley -- The room beneath the tree / James Stephens -- Where hidden treasures lie / Sheila O'Neill -- Ring-a-ring o' fairies / Madelaine Nightingale. |
| Summary |
This whimsical and charming collection of stories and poems was first published in 1951. Now a new generation of fairy fans can search for lost merbabies, bargain with pixies, and frolic under the moon with Jane Werner's fantastic selection of "wee folk" tales, masterfully illustrated by Garth Williams. |
| Subject |
Elves -- Fiction.
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Fairies -- Fiction.
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Fairies -- Juvenile fiction.
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Elves -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Added Author |
Watson, Jane Werner, 1915-2004
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Williams, Garth.
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| Added Title |
Elves and fairies |
| ISBN |
9780375966262: $19.99 |
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0375966269: $19.99 |
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9780375844263: $16.99 |
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0375844260: $16.99 |
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