Fairy Foals: The Journal of a Magical Garden

by Suzanah

Book Overview

Suzanah inherited her grandmother's house on her 40th birthday. One day, while she was out in the garden, she saw the most amazing thing: an exquisitely tiny horse with butterfly wings caught in a spider's web! What follows is the very diary she kept over the course of a year while she explored her magically transformed garden and watched, sketched and wrote about the amazing fairy foals within it. Not only is this a remarkable sketchbook, it is a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140221166X
• ISBN13: 9781402211669
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

fairy foals: The journal of a magical book

A beautiful book which will appeal to little girls from about 4 to 12, maybe older...I love reading it! Lovely illustrations well written and easy to understand.Highly recommended. I'm sure it will be a well received gift for the special little person in your life.

A visually entrancing giftbook for fantasy lovers and equine aficionados of all ages

Though at first glance Fairy Foals: The Journal of a Magical Garden might appear to be a picturebook, it is in fact a much more lengthy and sophisticated work of fantasy, sure to appeal to adult fantasy lovers as well as to children with reading skills sufficiently accomplished to enjoy the next step beyond picturebook reading. Illustrated on every page with gorgeous, colorful artwork of tiny, butterfly-winged "fairy foals" that are said to appear in the author's garden, Fairy Foals tells a simple tale of friendship, frolicking, and wonder as these magical creatures explore their marvelous world of greenery, flowers, and sometimes even danger from natural predators like spiders or lizards. Highly recommended as a visually entrancing giftbook for fantasy lovers and equine aficionados of all ages, Fairy Foals would grace any personal or community library collection.

Fairies and Horses - A Charming & Winning Combination

This over sized book of colorful paintings, detailed sketches, delightful poems and story journaling will charm both children and adults. Suzanah introduces us to the tiny fairy foals that inhabit her Grandmother's garden, which she discovered after she inherited her Grandmother's house in the country. I promise you will find it very challenging to pick a favorite from amongst the herd! There's Little Brown, Fuzz, Fly, Snowflake, Dancer, Chaser, Pixie, and Sapphire, each uniquely gifted and beautiful. Bringing us into the garden with her, Suzanah entices us to experience the antics, playfulness and clever thinking of these magical creatures, awakening our own inner fairy foal in the process. The painting colors are vibrant, the settings are lush, and the execution is flawless. The black and white "sketches" are so detailed and beautiful they easily rival the color paintings for attention. The poetry is pleasing without being pedantic or syrupy, and the prose is charming, light and lilting. Every faerie enthusiast should have this book on his or her bookshelf or coffee table. Every parent who has a child that loves either fairies or horses definitely needs to give their child this incredible gift of imagination.