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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Fairy Poems

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Talk about lucky! Before she wrote her "little house" books,Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote some wonderful poems about fairies and we are fortunate that Stephen W. Hines compiled them and Richard Hull contributed colorful, detailed illustrations just full of whimsy, magic and fun.
This charming litle volume consists of a short adaptation of an essay on fairies by Wilder, a short bio on Wilder by Hines and five beautifully illustrated fairy poems by Wilder.
Written in 1915 these quaint fairy stories are sure to delight young and old alike as they show us the daily lives and activities of the wee folk. You will see lady bugs and dragon flies, crickets and caterpillars, toads, birds, butterflies and flowers galore, but best of all you will see lots of fairies in flowery long skirts and pinafores sporting colorful wings and huge mischievous eyes. The flowers are right out of a turn of the century cottage garden including poppies, four o'clocks, forget-me-nots, tiger lilies and pinks.
I loved the book for its light-hearted, nostalgic look at Fairyland and for showing me another side to an already beloved writer.

People young and old will like these charming poems. It's wonderfully illustrated and detailed. If you get a chance this would be a great bedtime story kind of thing.

service is great from store, but the book wasn't great...not laura ingalls wilder's best work. there are better fairy poems