The Secret Fairy Garden
Allia Zobel Nolan
Board book
(Reader's Digest, Jan. 25, 2005)
Children won't be able to stop looking for the hidden fairies in this delightful book that features a whole microcosm of enchanted people who live among the flowers in the secret garden. Kids can open a folded flower to peek in at fairies serving cakes and tea to ladybugs, turn a wheel and find them combing caterpillars' hair in a primrose, pull a tab to see them reading (what else?) fairytales to baby animals from inside a hollow tree, and more. The excitement comes to a climax with a thrilling pop-up, featuring fairies frolicking in their finery at a midnight ball. Magical illustrations, whimsical, rhyming text, and six different fun novelties for children to play with combine to make this a special book for children (and parents alike).
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