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Modern fairies, dwarves, goblins, & other nasties a practical guide
A compendium of practical information and cautionary tales about fairies and other similar magical creatures that might be encountered in modern cities like New York, intended to help the child who may come into contact with them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375862038 (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 037586203X (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780375962035 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 0375962034 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 9780375854934 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0375854932 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780375897023 (e-book)
- ISBN: 037589702X (e-book)
- Physical Description: 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | How to tell a good fairy from a bad one -- How to protect yourself from a dangerous fairy -- Gifts to give today's fairies -- Tale no. 1 : The war at the Algonquin Hotel -- Fairies and flowers -- A special note to those with gardens -- Why you should watch your step on baseball fields, soccer fields, and other vast lawns -- Setting the record straight about ringing bluebells -- Tale no. 2 : A face made from flowers -- Further notes on fairy rings -- The link between fairies and diamonds -- Tale no. 3 : behind the brass doors in the Lincoln Tunnel -- The difference between dwarves and trolls -- Money in the fairy world -- Why you shouldn't trust fairy godmothers -- Tale no. 4 : Unlikely performances at Carnegie Hall -- Music and fairies -- Fairies in your kitchen -- On the temptation of spoons -- Tale no. 5 : The number one train -- Time in the fairy world -- End of the free ride -- Garbage dumps and other unlikely fairy habitats -- Enchanted fairy isles -- Tale no. 6 : The ballad of Big Edd -- A short note on perfume -- The blight of pools -- Why human hair turns gray -- Why fairies covet human babies -- Tale no. 7 : Ball lightning at Coney Island -- Other fairy-inhabited national landmarks -- On the question of photographing fairies -- Fairies and animals -- Tale no. 8 : molasses -- The future of fairies. |
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Subject: | n-us-ny Fairies Juvenile fiction Fairies Fiction New York (N.Y.) Juvenile fiction New York (N.Y.) Fiction |
Genre: | Children's stories. |