The Fairy Doll [Paperback]

Rumer Godden (Author), Gary Blythe (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (November 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330452541
• ISBN-13: 978-0330452540
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,482,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is it just the Fairy Doll's help?, January 12, 2006

By 

Ellen Etc. (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fairy Doll (Hardcover)

The youngest of four children, Elizabeth is picked on by her siblings and feels stupid and clumsy, until Great-Grandmother assigns her a protector in the Fairy Doll at the top of the Christmas tree. Sometimes help comes from without in the form of a talisman, and sometimes it comes from within, that inner "ting!" of intuition that tells us what to do. This story would be good both for the scapegoated child in a family, and for other kids who are mean without realizing how damaging it is to another's self-confidence.

This story is also included in the Rumer Godden collection "Four Dolls."

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book for children and adults., January 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: UC FAIRY DOLL (Hardcover)

My favorite children's book for forty years- out of print for a long time. Fairy Doll is a beautiful story about self-confidence and the "magic" of fairies. Buy this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Rumer Godden book, November 10, 2010

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Sherry Casterline "lamplight" (Tomball, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fairy Doll (Paperback)

I searched high and low for this book for several years, and am thrilled to find it back in print. It's a touching story of a little girl finding her inner strength and confidence with the help of a very special little doll. This is one of the first books I read as a young child, and now I will have the pleasure of sharing it with my little granddaughter.