Love THIS BOOK!
I'm SO excited to read this book in April for Poetry Month, as I feel that it lends so nicely to some poetic devices and styles. It will be the perfect inspiration for my students.
As a story, this was magical and sweet. I love the focus on exploring nature, and all the elements represented (nursing logs, plants, flowers, mushrooms, bugs, salamanders, etc etc). My kids really loved looking for fairies on the different pages, and sure loved how the dog seems to notice them. Looking for ladybugs on the pages was also fun, and kept them engaged as we read.
Check out my activities for Fairy Walk, and be sure to get your hands on a copy of this delightful and imaginative story!
Synopsis: Let’s go, let’s go! Hopping and skipping into the woods behind their house, a trio of kids and their loyal doggy companion head off into the wild world in search of fairies. Their explorations lead them across a babbling brook and through bushes and meadows of fragrant honey snowdrops and bee balm. But where are the fairies? They peer under heavy rocks and peek under fleecy carpets of moss, finding dragon-like salamanders and scampering creepy-crawlies, but no fairies. The adventurers don’t lose hope, though—if they look very closely and listen hard enough, there’s always magic to be found in the woods! Gaia Cornwall has crafted an enchanting story that celebrates flights of fancy, curiosity, and the wonder to be found in the natural world.
Thank you to Candlewick Press for sending a copy for our library!
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