Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real

Author:   Marc Tyler Nobleman ,  Eliza Wheeler
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
ISBN:  

9780544699489


Pages:   40
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Format:   Hardback
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"The true story of British cousins who fooled the world for more than 60 years with a remarkable hoax, photographs of ""real"" fairies. Exquisitely illustrated with art by Eliza Wheeler as well as the original photos taken by the girls. In 1917, in Cottingley, England, a girl named Elsie took a picture of her younger cousin, Frances. Also in the photo was a group of fairies, fairies that the girls insisted were real. Through a remarkable set of circumstances, that photograph and the ones that followed came to be widely believed as evidence of real fairies. It was not until 1983 that the girls, then late in life, confessed that the Cottingley Fairies were a hoax. Their take is an extraordinary slice of history, from a time when anything in a photograph was assumed to be fact and it was possible to trick an eager public into believing something magical. Exquisitely illustrated with art and the original fairy photographs. AGES: 4 to 7 AUTHOR: Marc Tyler Nobleman writes books for all ages, including Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real and two other nonfiction picture books: Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman and Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, which inspired an NPR All Things Considered segment, led to a TED talk, and became the basis of a Hulu documentary."

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Author:   Marc Tyler Nobleman ,  Eliza Wheeler
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Clarion Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780544699489


ISBN 10:   0544699483
Pages:   40
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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A fascinating introduction to one of the greatest hoaxes of all time, deftly pitched to elementary-age children. --Kirkus This recounting of a fanciful, enchanting fraud will leave younger children guessing until the end, and many more readers will embrace the suspension of disbelief. --Publishers Weekly Nobleman's text is a rich overview of this bizarre historical controversy; he deftly navigates topics [...] without ever weighing down the central narrative. --School Library Journal With a crisp and engaging style, Nobleman relates this fascinating story, providing ample context for readers by presenting information about the attitudes and conditions of early-twentieth-century England. --Horn Book Magazine Part accidental trickster tale, part unforgettable fairy tale, all true, this will have kids reaching for cameras of their own in no time. --Booklist


A fascinating introduction to one of the greatest hoaxes of all time, deftly pitched to elementary-age children. --Kirkus This recounting of a fanciful, enchanting fraud will leave younger children guessing until the end, and many more readers will embrace the suspension of disbelief. --Publishers Weekly Nobleman's text is a rich overview of this bizarre historical controversy; he deftly navigates topics [...] without ever weighing down the central narrative. --School Library Journal With a crisp and engaging style, Nobleman relates this fascinating story, providing ample context for readers by presenting information about the attitudes and conditions of early-twentieth-century England. --Horn Book Magazine Part accidental trickster tale, part unforgettable fairy tale, all true, this will have kids reaching for cameras of their own in no time. --Booklist


A fascinating introduction to one of the greatest hoaxes of all time, deftly pitched to elementary-age children. --Kirkus


A fascinating introduction to one of the greatest hoaxes of all time, deftly pitched to elementary-age children. --Kirkus This recounting of a fanciful, enchanting fraud will leave younger children guessing until the end, and many more readers will embrace the suspension of disbelief. --Publishers Weekly Nobleman's text is a rich overview of this bizarre historical controversy; he deftly navigates topics [...] without ever weighing down the central narrative. --School Library Journal With a crisp and engaging style, Nobleman relates this fascinating story, providing ample context for readers by presenting information about the attitudes and conditions of early-twentieth-century England. --Horn Book Magazine


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Marc Tyler Nobleman writes books for all ages. His titles include Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story, Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real, Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, and Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, which inspired both the Hulu feature documentary Batman & Bill and a TED Talk. Follow him on Twitter @MarcTNobleman and on Instagram @MarcTNobleman. Eliza Wheeler has illustrated several picture books including Miss Maple’s Seeds, which she also wrote and which debuted on the NYT bestseller list, and Wherever You Go, written by Pat Zietlow Miller, a Crystal Kite winner. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Visit her online at wheelerstudio.com, and on Twitter and Instagram at @WheelerStudio.

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