A photographic tour of whimsical fairy houses designed and built by children, gardeners, artists and nature lovers. Encourages everyone to use their imagination and explore nature to create, invent, learn, and build fairy houses.
A photographic tour of whimsical fairy houses designed and built by children, gardeners, artists and nature lovers. Encourages everyone to use their imagination and explore nature to create, invent, learn, and build fairy houses.
Conducting a unique photographic tour, this book explores a variety of whimsical fairy houses designed and built by gardeners, artists, nature lovers, and children. It pictures amazingly diverse miniature homes that have been constructed with natural materials, revealing the woods as a veritable treasure trove. Featured creations include transforming milkweed pods into fairy beds, producing tiny dishes from acorn caps, crafting a woodland library of pint-sized books from birch bark, and constructing a fairy artist's studio inside a pumpkin. This collection invites one and all to be transported to a world of enchantment while bringing out the architect in adults and kids alike.
“"This jewel of a video combines nature, magic, and artistic vision in a beautiful package."”
"Kane's blurred, pastel illustrations, best shared during quiet lap sits, will draw children in with their magical details and whimsy." -- Booklist on Fairy Boat
"It's a gem." -- Parenting magazine
"Children will be eager to build a fairy house. Kane's fanciful illustrations are colorful and add to the child's dreamlike trip." -- School Library Journal
"Kane's ethereal drawings are simply amazing, glowing with a Monet-like light of their own. . . . A must for children's collections." -- Today's Librarian on Fairy Houses
-- Publishers Weekly on Kristen's Fairy House
Tracy Kane is the creator of the Fairy Houses Series of children's books and video. She studied illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art and worked in public television as a commercial artist for several years. She lives in Lee, New Hampshire.
Conducting a unique photographic tour, this book explores a variety of whimsical fairy houses designed and built by gardeners, artists, nature lovers, and children. It pictures amazingly diverse miniature homes that have been constructed with natural materials, revealing the woods as a veritable treasure trove. Featured creations include transforming milkweed pods into fairy beds, producing tiny dishes from acorn caps, crafting a woodland library of pint-sized books from birch bark, and constructing a fairy artist's studio inside a pumpkin. This collection invites one and all to be transported to a world of enchantment while bringing out the architect in adults and kids alike.
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