Good Night, Fairies - Hardcover

Hague, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587171341 ISBN 13: 9781587171345

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2002

Synopsis

"Of all the world's creatures, there is nothing so like a fairy as a child," a mother whispers in this gentle and reassuring bedtime story. At her child's bedside, she tenderly reveals all of the delightful secrets about how fairies live, work, and play. They teach birds to sing and draw rainbows to brighten rainy days,...they make spring flowers bloom and scatter autumn leaves,...and when little animals are sleepy, the fairies read bedtime stories to them.

Bursting with luscious images filled with over 300 fairies, here is the perfect good-night treat by a best-selling author-illustrator team. A special fairy with a red cap hidden on every spread is just one of the many wondrous things that can be discovered within!

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Review:

Children enamored with the notion of fairies will drink up Kathleen and Michael Hague's lush picture book like nectar. When a mother is asked by her child about how fairies spend their days and nights, she embarks on a dreamy account of these mysterious, magical creatures. For starters, fairies hang the stars in the sky each evening "so every child will have a night-light." They also teach birds to sing, paint the wings of butterflies, comb mermaids' hair, and sleep "on leafy beds in secret gardens." The wondering child falls asleep to these poetic musings, welcomed to dreamland by the fairies.

Lyrical colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations, filled with elaborate detail, accompany this gentle bedtime story. Readers are challenged to find and count all 321 winged fairies in the book, and to look for the red-capped fairy hiding on each page. The author-illustrator team has paired up on several bestselling titles, including Ten Little Bears and Alphabears. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Kathleen and Michael Hague are the author-illustrator team behind many best-selling books, including Alphbears, Numbears, and Ten Little Bears. Michael Hague has also illustrated lavish editions of The Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and many other children's classics. They live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Kathleen and Michael Hague are the author-illustrator team behind many best-selling books, including Alphbears, Numbears, and Ten Little Bears. Michael Hague has also illustrated lavish editions of The Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and many other children's classics. They live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1587171341
• ISBN 13: 9781587171345
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Hague Michael