1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland [Hardcover]

Gillian Doherty (Author), Anna Milbourne (Author), Teri Gower (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: 1001 Things to Spot

Discover the magic of fairyland in this enchanting picture book, which will provide hours of puzzle-solving fun. Search for pretty flower fairies in a secret garden, look for frog princes at fairy school and see if you can find bluebirds flying somewhere over the rainbow. 32 pages.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794512208
• ISBN-13: 978-0794512200
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book for little fairy fans, December 15, 2006

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is (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland (Hardcover)

This book is wonderful for early readers or non readers. There is very little text on each page, just a title and lots of pictures. I bought this for my daughter because she likes fairies and search and find books keep my children busy for quite some time. The great thing about this book, though, is that it allows non-readers to work independently. The number is right next to the item they are to find, so they can easily figure out how many of the object they need to locate. I have been very impressed by how quickly my 3yo is catching on to number recognition when it comes to knowing how many little fairies are hiding on a page. I highly recommend this book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My young niece really enjoys this book, September 11, 2008

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Ulyyf "Connie" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland (Hardcover)

She doesn't need to be able to read to know what things she's looking for, and the items aren't quite as well hidden as in the "I Spy" books, which makes this very appropriate for the younger crowd.

The illustrations are cute as well.

One thing that does stand out is that all the fairies are white. Well, no. Most of them are plainly caucasian, and some of them are maybe kinda tanned. They have all the range of natural hair colors and then some (but not, I note, the range of hair textures, though I appreciate that that could be harder to illustrate), and they have a wide range of wing and clothing colors and styles - it would have been trivial to draw some of them as non-white... or at least color some of them a different shade than peach.

My niece, I think, isn't old enough yet to realize that none of the fairies in this book look like her (even beyond the fact that she doesn't have wings, of course!), but... it would have been nice to see the effort made.

It's still a good book, I'm just disappointed because this oversight is very obvious and it would have been so easy to fix.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hit over and over again - "Pink Fairy Book, Please!", April 9, 2008

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K. Galeano (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland (Hardcover)

My three year old fell in love with this from the very beginning. This book features a number of colorful scenes of Fairyland: Fairy Feast, Enchanted waterfall, Moon dance, Fairy school, Magic Market, Secret garden, Fairy Palace, House faires, Rainbow fairies, Treetop fairies, Fairy treehouse, Fairyland workshop, and The Snow Queen's ball. There are many cute things to spot on each page. My three year old easily learns numbers that are placed beside each "thing to spot" and enjoys looking for it and counting the "things". Each time we read this book, she discovers something new. She learns numbers, colors and much more. This book never gets boring. So, if you are looking for a book that keeps your child interested for a while instead of collecting dust on your shelf, this is the one to get. I highly recommend this and any other book that is part of the series. This one is my daughter's favorite, though - yes, the bright pink has something to do with it.