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48 pp.
| NorthSouth
| March, 2019
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4338-7$17.95
(3)
K-3
This story, translated from the Spanish, is a fictionalization of the early-twentieth-century incident when young cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths took photos of (what they claimed were) fairies in the woods of Yorkshire, England. Fanciful multimedia illustrations catch the mood of the story, engagingly (and a bit unreliably) narrated by Frances. An endnote discusses the historical event.
40 pp.
| Clarion
| April, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-544-69948-9$17.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Eliza Wheeler.
In 1917 Cottingley, England, young cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths produced what they claimed were photographs of real fairies. Arthur Conan Doyle featured them in The Strand, giving the girls more attention than they'd probably bargained for. With a crisp and engaging style, Nobleman relates this fascinating story. Incorporating the original photographs, Wheeler's lively mixed-media illustrations have an Edwardian sensibility and a sepia-dominated palette. Websites. Bib.
Reviewer: Monica Edinger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2018
2 reviews
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