Product Description

What would happen if you built a house for fairies to live in? Would 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! The illustrations are irresistible, enhancing the readers anticipation of what will happen next, right up to the surprise ending.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74466 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

From School Library Journal
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 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review
A must-have for children’s collections, Kane's tale will inspire. An enchanting picture book. -- Today’s Librarian

Fairy Houses is an inspiration! Filled with imagination, beauty, fantasy and hope. -- HallKidsTales.com

I highly recommend FAIRY HOUSES by Tracy Kane for your children — any age! -- The Best Reviews.com

Tracy Kane's imaginative story and beautiful illustrations provide a perfect bedtime story and next day adventure. -- Tom Bergeron, host - Hollywood Squares and America's Funniest Videos

What makes this a winner is that kids immediately want to go outside and build their own fairy houses. -- Children's Book Sense 76 Picks, American Booksellers Association

Review

Customer Reviews

wonderful
I chose this book for my six- and four-year-old stepdaughters; they love fairies so I suspected it would be a hit. What I didn't expect was that my eleven-year-old stepson was also fascinated by the book and proceeded to serve as the primary architect for the fairy houses that all three built! I'm always happy to find something that spurs a creative family activity, so this was perfect. My husband and I also loved the artwork. I'm pleased to find out that this is a series, so I'll be looking for more of the titles.

Fairy Houses
My 8 yr. old daughter and I loved Fairy Houses and can't wait to get started making our own as soon as the weather warms up this Spring. We are extremely interested in all things fairy right now and have been devouring anything on the subject we can find. There aren't a lot of books that are devoted to the subject of fairies and we loved this one. The illustrations are quite beautiful and we got lots of ideas on how we could build our own in the back of the book. We also ordered Kristen's Fairy House video, which I have heard good things about, and look forward to viewing. My daughter says, "This book is cool and I got lots of ideas to build my own fairy house."

Imagination and magic...
My daughter received the video about this book as a gift a couple of years ago - it has been a favorite. I finally bought the book and she was thrilled just as much with it. It's not often that a book sparks something in a child that drives them outside to be in nature, but this book does. This is an extremely unique book with fabulous text and art work. It is our all-time favorite, most inspirational childrens book!