"Charming!"

Spending a few days on a small island off the coast of Maine, Kristen found a forest full of imagination, and creativity. Everywhere she looked she spotted little fairy houses made from nature's treasures.

Wasting no time, Kristen set to work on building a fairy house of her own. She used bark, leaves, shells, rocks, pinecones, and the like, and built the teeny tiny house close to the ground by the trunk of an old tree. Every day she visited the fairy house adding new things here and there, and always hoping to see the fairies enjoying the house she built for them, but instead found crickets, frogs, and deer admiring it.

FAIRY HOUSES is an enchanting story with amazing illustrations drawn by Kane. The colorful pictures, adorning each page, kept my children pointing and asking questions. Bedtime grew later and later. Of course, the next morning we had to rush outside so my children could build their very own fairy house.

As a reviewer, I thought FAIRY HOUSES by Tracy Kane to be well written, full of interest for youngsters and imaginative. As a mother, I felt that this book is a wonderful tool to get my children searching the back yard for nature's gifts. Their li'l faces lit with joy as they worked and watching them work together, talk things out, hunt for items and use their own imagination thrilled me. I could almost see their li'l brains working. Speaking as both, I highly recommend FAIRY HOUSES by Tracy Kane for your children—any age!

--Reviewed by Jennifer LB Leese @ AStoryWeaver's Book Reviews©, http://www.geocities.com/ladyjiraff/aswbr.html

Reviewed by Jennifer Leese
Courtesy It's Only Ink!
Posted September 19, 2002

Summary

What would happen if you built a house for fairies to live in? Would they come to visit? Fascinated by the array of fairy shelters made of bark, leaves, seashells and other natural materials, Kristen sets out to build a fairy house in the woods. Little does she realize that Nature wants to get in on the act - with her own special cast of characters! Each time, as Kristen checks on her fairy house, there is an unexpected visitor! The illustrations are irresistible, enhancing the readers...