Awards

• Short-listed for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Children's Illustrated) 2005
• Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2008
• Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Picture Book) 2006
• Short-listed for Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award 2006

Overview

Alice, who claims to be a Temporary Fairy, still has a lot to learn, such as how to make her clothes put themselves away in the closet.

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Effervescent. <i>Booklist</i> The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. <i>School Library Journal</i> A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the YearSouthern California Booksellers Association Book Award

Effervescent. Booklist The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. School Library Journal A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. Publishers Weekly Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the YearSouthern California Booksellers Association Book Award

Effervescent. - Booklist The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. - School Library Journal A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. - Publishers Weekly Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year Southern California Booksellers Association Book Award

Effervescent. - Booklist The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. - School Library Journal A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. - Publishers Weekly Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year Southern California Booksellers Association Book Award

"""Effervescent."" - Booklist""The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp."" - School Library Journal""A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight."" - Publishers WeeklyBank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the YearSouthern California Booksellers Association Book Award"

Young David, who ran bare-bottomed into the hearts of zillions, has a sister-or at least a kindred spirit! Unlike her nonverbal relative, though, she's quite a chatterbox. Introducing herself as a Temporary fairy, she proceeds to demonstrate tricks she can do-magically turning Dad into a horsie, a plateful of Dad's cookies into her cookies, and, by waving her wand too close to a glass of juice, a white dress into a red one-and can't-making the dog, or her strewn clothes, float off the floor. A peg-toothed child sporting tied-on wings, and a sequined tiara atop blonde curls, Alice dances through Shannon's blotchy, scribbled domestic scenes. Her big personality shines forth from both pictures and hand-lettered nattering, and the touch of vulnerability that he adds to her brash self-confidence makes her all the more likable. Watch out, Olivia. (Picture book. 5-7) (Kirkus Reviews)

Effervescent. Booklist The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. School Library Journal A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. Publishers Weekly Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year Southern California Booksellers Association Book Award Horn Book Magazine January 1, 2005 (Preschool, Primary) Alice the Fairy -- a temporary fairy with ambitions to become a permanent one -- has all sorts of tricks up her sleeve. She can make cookies disappear, make it dark in her house, and fly fast, but not high, with her wings. (Alice wishes she could avoid poisonous broccoli served by the wicked duchess and could take her baths in Jell-O, but her fairy powers are not that strong.) While her teeth are not as pointy and her behavior is not as naughty as her literary cousin, David (No, David!), there is definitely a physical resemblance that child readers will notice immediately: those enormous eyes radiate an unmistakably David-like energy (Alice's rambunctious games get her bouncing right off the page), and strawberry-blond corkscrew curls held in check by a dandy tiara cover a very round head. Readers of the David books might be initially disappointed that Alice is not as rude as he is, but they will enjoy the basic goodness, exuberance, and wild imagination of Shannon's latest character. Copyright 2005 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved. Booklist November 15, 2004 PreS. If Shannon's David is a little devil, Alice is on the angelic side (almost). Using the same oversize format that he did in books such as No, David! (1998), Shannon introduces young Alice, a fairy-in-training dressed up with wings, a wand, and patent leather shoes. Similar to David, she is drawn in doll-like style (though her teeth aren't sharp). Alice talks directly to her audience, informing them what fairies do and how she works her magic. One time my mom made cookies for my dad. So I turned them into mine, she says, as she eyes the plate of cookies; in the next picture the plate is almost empty, and there are crumbs all over Alice's face. A few of the analogies are a stretch (this fairy's life is filled with danger--in the form of broccoli), but kids will find most of the humor right at their level, in term

Effervescent. Booklist The pictures dance and occasionally pop right off the pages. An enjoyable romp. School Library Journal A sunny (and ever-so-slightly spunky) delight. Publishers Weekly Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the YearSouthern California Booksellers Association Book Award Horn Book MagazineJanuary 1, 2005 (Preschool, Primary) Alice the Fairy -- a temporary fairy with ambitions to become a permanent one -- has all sorts of tricks up her sleeve. She can make cookies disappear, make it dark in her house, and fly fast, but not high, with her wings. (Alice wishes she could avoid poisonous broccoli served by the wicked duchess and could take her baths in Jell-O, but her fairy powers are not that strong.) While her teeth are not as pointy and her behavior is not as naughty as her literary cousin, David (No, David!), there is definitely a physical resemblance that child readers will notice immediately: those enormous eyes radiate an unmistakably David-like energy (Alice's rambunctious games get her bouncing right off the page), and strawberry-blond corkscrew curls held in check by a dandy tiara cover a very round head. Readers of the David books might be initially disappointed that Alice is not as rude as he is, but they will enjoy the basic goodness, exuberance, and wild imagination of Shannon's latest character. Copyright 2005 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved. BooklistNovember 15, 2004 PreS. If Shannon's David is a little devil, Alice is on the angelic side (almost). Using the same oversize format that he did in books such as No, David! (1998), Shannon introduces young Alice, a fairy-in-training dressed up with wings, a wand, and patent leather shoes. Similar to David, she is drawn in doll-like style (though her teeth aren't sharp). Alice talks directly to her audience, informing them what fairies do and how she works her magic. One time my mom made cookies for my dad. So I turned them into mine, she says, as she eyes the plate of cookies; in the next picture the plate is almost empty, and there are crumbs all over Alice's face. A few of the analogies are a stretch (this fairy's life is filled with danger--in the form of broccoli), but kids will find most of the humor right at their level, in term

Horn Book Magazine<br>January 1, 2005 <br>(Preschool, Primary) Alice the Fairy -- a temporary fairy with ambitions to become a permanent one -- has all sorts of tricks up her sleeve. She can make cookies disappear, make it dark in her house, and fly fast, but not high, with her wings. (Alice wishes she could avoid poisonous broccoli served by the wicked duchess and could take her baths in Jell-O, but her fairy powers are not that strong.) While her teeth are not as pointy and her behavior is not as naughty as her literary cousin, David (No, David!), there is definitely a physical resemblance that child readers will notice immediately: those enormous eyes radiate an unmistakably David-like energy (Alice's rambunctious games get her bouncing right off the page), and strawberry-blond corkscrew curls held in check by a dandy tiara cover a very round head. Readers of the David books might be initially disappointed that Alice is not as rude as he is, but they will enjoy the basic goodness, exuberance, and wild imagination of Shannon's latest character. Copyright 2005 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved. <br>Booklist<br>November 15, 2004 <br>PreS. If Shannon's David is a little devil, Alice is on the angelic side (almost). Using the same oversize format that he did in books such as No, David! (1998), Shannon introduces young Alice, a fairy-in-training dressed up with wings, a wand, and patent leather shoes. Similar to David, she is drawn in doll-like style (though her teeth aren't sharp). Alice talks directly to her audience, informing them what fairies do and how she works her magic. One time my mom made cookies for my dad. So I turned them into mine, she says, as she eyes the plate of cookies; in the next picture the plate is almost empty, and there are crumbs all over Alice's face. A few of the analogies are a stretch (this fairy's life is filled with danger--in the form of broccoli), but kids will find most of the humor right at their level, in term

Author Information

David Shannon is the internationally acclaimed creator of more than 30 picture books, including No, David!, a Caldecott Honor Book and his second New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and four more David picture books. Shannon's bestsellers include A Bad Case of Stripes, Duck on a Bike, and Too Many Toys. He lives in Southern California with his family and Roy, their West Highland white terrier.

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