The Fairy Garden / When the Stork came home
The Fairy Garden
Follow the enchanting, beautifully illustrated story of Mimi, a young girl who longs to see fairies in her garden.
Mimi was a perfectly ordinary girl who lived in a perfectly ordinary house. She had toys to play with, a little brother who wasn’t too annoying, and cakes on her birthdays. Mimi didn’t want many things. But there was one thing she wanted so very much, so very much indeed… to see a fairy in her garden.
Poor Mimi spends hours and hours making her fairy garden completely perfect, but the fairies never come. Whatever could she be doing wrong?
Just when she has given up all hope, some twinkling lights appear. They’re here! And they are bringing an important message…
With captivating artwork from Isabella Mazzanti, and activity spreads at the back which tell readers how to create their own, perfect fairy garden this beautiful story will capture readers’ imaginations.
And, just maybe, it will help them attract fairies to their own gardens!
When The Storks Came Home
. . . is a charming, fictionalised retelling of the successful reintroduction of the white stork at the Knepp Estate, a UK native bird which has been brought back from extinction.In this second picture book from bestselling author and globally significant conservationist Isabella Tree, we meet eight-year-old Beanie, who loves birds. When she discovers that huge white storks used to live in her own village but were hunted to extinction in the UK 600 years ago, she is determined to find a way to bring them back.But reintroducing a vanished species is not so simple! Storks can fly hundreds of miles, so releasing storks into the local countryside won't be enough to make them return and stay for good. With the help of other villagers, Beanie hatches a plan… Beautiful illustrations help bring this powerful and important story to life, teaching children about conservation and their environment in an accessible way.
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Paperback 32 Pages
Age 4-8 years