The Fairy Rebel

Compulsive reading! This fairy tale has its roots firmly in everyday life -- a sympathetic couple can't have children. The eponymous fairy 'provides' one...(Top Infant and Lower Junior teachers get round that one!) The transition from fact to fantasy is smoothly made. The rebel fairy has many of the concerns and interests of her young readers: clothes, food, authority. But she does not understand some human emotions - loneliness, for instance. This is a fascinating, funny, multi-levelled read. William Geldart's black and white pictures capture perfectly the mix of real and other worlds.