The Real Fairy Folk

In a sun-dappled willow tree, a young girl named Ruth discovers that the natural world teems with magic, if only one knows how to look. When she wishes her doll Belinda could come alive, something remarkable happens: Belinda speaks, and suddenly Ruth is initiated into a secret kingdom of insects, frogs, and creatures beyond her wildest imagining. Fourteen adventures await her among the Wonderful Spinners, Mrs. Mosquito and her kin, the cunning Tumble Bug, and the most beautiful real fairies she could dream. Each chapter unfolds like a small miracle, rendered in prose that treats the smallest beetle with as much dignity as a queen. Written in the early twentieth century, this is children's literature at its most gentle and wonder-struck, a book that believes absolutely in the enchantment hidden in every garden pond and mossy branch. It is for the child who has ever watched an ant trail for too long, wondering what the world looks like from beneath a leaf, and wished someone understood.