The Fairies Tell Us About Sharing by Rosa M. Curto (

This a self-helpish book for children teaching them about sharing.The story is about a young fairy and she's very selfish. She doesn't let anyone play on her tree or take the apples off the tree and she's a little but mean to people. After she sends other fairies and animals away from her things and she's alone she's happy at first, but then finds that she's a little bit lonely. She realizes that things aren't as good when you don't have anyone to enjoy it with. After the story the book has a few fun fairy facts too.

There is another book in the series called The Fairies Tell Us About Compassion.

This description is from Scholar's Choice:

The Fairies Tell Us stories are set in the land of fairies and enhanced with beautiful colour illustrated forest landscapes populated with animals and fairies. Each story presents a gently told lesson for boys and girls to learn about dealing with their friends and treating them considerately. Pages at the back of the book are devoted to fairy lore, facts about nature, and discussion points pertaining to the book’s story. In The Fairies Tell Us About Sharing, it’s springtime in the Forest of Dreams, and little Keyla the Fairy is waiting for her apple tree to come into bloom. But she refuses to share her land with the birds, butterflies, and her other friends because she’s afraid they will damage the tree and prevent it from bearing blossoms and fruit. As time passes she begins to feel lonely and sad, and she begins to realize her mistake. She hurries to her friends and apologizes to them, inviting them to join her at her tree. She realizes at last that being generous makes everybody happy, including herself.

Ben Goossens

Ben Goossens is a surrealist photographer from Belgium.



Take a look at more of his work on this site here. It has a short biography and a few selected works.  http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=484267

Fairy Eggs Bubble Gum

Have a hankering for some fairy eggs?  Well help yourself to some of these! Fairy egg bubble gum. I have no idea what flavour they are, the site below might say.



http://www.accoutrements.com/shop/products/Fairy-Eggs-Bubble-Gum.html

I Believe...

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? - John Lennon

David, the Gnome

This is a tv show originating in Spain but it came to North America and was dubbed in English. The show is about a little gnome named David. David's a doctor and he goes around healing other gnomes and creatures when they're sick or injured. Usually as he goes to help someone he's called to undertake a larger mission which takes up a majority of the show.



The episodes begin with David telling the audience about a certain piece of gnome lore, like how they make glass or pottery, or where they live. Also, in most episodes David must deal with trolls, the gnome's enemy. It's a light hearted show about being friendly to others and loving nature. The show is based on a children's book series called The Secret Book of Gnomes Wil Huygen.

Here's the intro

Also, I don't know how long this will be valid for, but here's an episode

The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies by Ammi-Joan Paquette

This is an interactive, mixed-media book about going out into the garden to find fairies. The author took pictures of someone going for a walk around in their garden with some children and drew in fairies here and there. Each page is a different location and the author talks about different things he or she sees around the garden and how it could be related to fairies. For example there will be a circle of grass and the author will say maybe its a fairy bed, or will find a fairy shoe and leave it on a rock for fairies to find later, or wonder where fairies are. All the while the impish drawn in fairies are hiding or prancing about all over the page. It's a good book about going out to explore your own garden and find the fairies there. It's not so much a how to guide as it is someone's account of a thoughtful walk.

I didn't personally like the book that much. The photographs the fairies were drawn on reminded me of those farm animal picture books they give you in the second grade at school, stale and boring. The writing too. I don't mind stories with a simple plot or writing style, but children are brighter than this book gives them credit for. Without the little drawings I wouldn't have picked this book up, and I don't think any children would either. I don't mind the idea of a book supporting an outdoor adventure in search of fairies, but this book is borderline boring. It's a very slow-paced walk through a garden with simple text and uninteresting pictures. The little sprites are cute, but not enough so as to make up for everything else. I may be taking this to a bit of an extreme, but as a lover of fairies I know that a hunt for fairies can be full of wonder and excitement and mystery, and all of that was lost on me when I read this. It's ok for a quick glance through, but definitely not a purchase.

Pixie (Megan Gwynn)

PIxie is a member of the new x-Men team. She first appeared in the comics as an unknown mutant in New X-Men: Academy X: #5 in 2004, and had her identity revealed and joined the X-Men a few issues later. Here's a bio http://marvel.com/universe/Pixie_%28Megan_Gwynn%29





Pixie's abilities are that she has pixie like wings that allow her to fly and pixie dust that causes hallucinations. An incident involving one of the other X-Men, Magik, ended up in Pixie loosing a piece of her soul, and as a result she could call upon the Souldagger, which is her main weapon. She was also given a bit of magic which she uses for teleportation.

The Faeries' Guide to Green Magick from the Garden by Jamie Wood and Lisa Steinke

This is a really interesting book on herbs and other plants. The book is not more than 200 pages so is obviously not as extensive as other herbal guide, but it's still very interesting.

The book states that a faerie is the life force of nature, plant energy if you will. The authors come to this conclusion because they say faeries can be found in nature, like dryads in trees, gnomes in hills, etc. The purpose of this book is essentially to merge meditation or a spiritual mentality with gardening, or what the authors call 'green gardening'.

Each herb's description is approximately 2 pages long and is accompanied with a picture of a faerie. What I really like about this book is that it isn't all spiritual or all medical, but it's a combination of both. The authors provide a short description of the plant and how to use/ store/ gather/ preserve it. Then they provide a short historical or mythological context for the plant and it's healing uses, home remedy like stuff. Then, after that, they give you a little recipe you can use the herb in or a recipe to make a product of some sort. As the book is not very long the author's do not get too deep into every plant and they give different information on different plants, but it's still a very interesting read.

That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting

This is a short picture book about a trio of leprechauns who are hurrying to put the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Along the way they decide to play a few pranks for the humans to find.

This isn't the most exciting book, but it has a bit of humour and  the illustrations are brightly coloured.



Here's a video of a woman reading the entire book.

Gretchen Kelly

Kelly is an American artist with a very modern, whimsical style of painting. Faerie-wise, there are a few mermaid pics and underwater deities. Here are the artist's websites. http://www.gretchenkellyart.com/, http://www.dailypainters.com/artists/artist_gallery/625/Gretchen-Kelly, http://www.gretchenkellyart.blogspot.com/



But there is a lot of other work that is really lovely, so I recommend you check it out.