Books with author Edith Howes

Win and Twin come home from holiday to find that they have a lovely surprise. A new baby has arrived, but when Win asks where babies come from, her grandmother accuses her of being “rude”. She and her brother Twin decide to ask their mother, who then decides that it was time to show them where babies come from. She reveals that she is a fairy and her whole family go to Babyland where they learn from the fairies and the plants, animals where their babies come from. However, there is trouble in Babyland and only the twins’ mother, the mother fairy, can stop it. The Cradle Ship addresses the popular question, “Where do babies come from?” using a very magical and whimsical setting: Babyland. The book is filled with incredible details about animal behaviour surrounding birth, babies and mothering. Although it is not very explicit, The Cradle Ship is a good starting place for 7-9 year-olds to learn the answer to that age-old question in the gentlest of ways.

The delicate and rare nature of fairies serves as the perfect housing for stories of the innocent and pure longing of the spirit to give it’s all to end needless suffering and pain. Wonderwings: Willing to face the unknown world of sadness and loss to gain the stunningly beautiful wings of WonderWings little PoppyPink was so swept away by the great need of humans and the many different things she could do to lighten their burdens that the concern of getting the coveted wings was lost. The Magic Mirror: The love of the queen mother for her young son newly made king in the Magic Mirror carries her to other lands to learn the secrets of governing well and in to frightening places to get what is needed to enable him to be a king his people could love. Fairy Tenderheart: Fairy Tenderheart carries tremendous grief for the human world at war and can not join into the fun and dancing the other fairies. Even after her tears run dry she can not give up longing to do something to help Share these timeless truths with your little ones through WonderWings & other fairy stories! Track Listing: Wonderwings The Magic Mirror Fairy Tenderheart Ideal for children, teachers, students, the whole family and even the young at heart. Version: Unabridged Language: English Reader: Solo Female Format: Audio CD Tracks / Chapters: 3 Tracks Total running time: 00:22:32

Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories Wonderwings Poppypink sat up in bed and yawned. "Why is everybody getting up so early?" she asked. "Is it a holiday?" The older fairies were dressing themselves and brushing their long fine hair. "Wonderwings is coming to see us," they said. "Jump up, little Poppypink." "Who is Wonderwings?" she asked. "You will see when you are dressed. Hurry, or you will miss her." "Oh dear! I am so sleepy," said Poppypink, and she yawned again. "I don't care about Wonderwings." She snuggled down into the bedclothes again, and went to sleep. Presently she was awakened by the sound of the sweetest singing she had ever heard, and a flash of brilliant colour went past her window pane of crystal set in pearl. "That must be Wonderwings," she said. "Oh, I must see her. I hope I am not too late." She sprang from bed and dressed so hurriedly that I am afraid her hair did not receive its due amount of brushing. Then she ran out into the garden. The older fairies stood all in a group, saying loudly "I will go," and "I will go." And before them, scarcely touching the ground with the tip of her foot, stood poised a glorious fairy, taller than any other there. She was altogether beautiful; and her wings--as soon as Poppypink saw them she knew why the visitor had been called Wonderwings. For they reached high above her head and almost to the ground, and they glowed with so many colours that it seemed as if a million jewels had been Hung upon them and had stuck, growing into a million flashing stars that made a million little rainbows with every sway and movement of her body.