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Summary: A Real Faerie Tale? Perhaps...
Review: I can't quite decide what this book is. Is it a pretty book meant to be displayed? Is it a modern day faerie tale... literally? What I do know is that Scalora has presented us with a series of photographs designed to delight and amaze not only faerie afficionados but also anyone who delights in color and composition. I have to admit it; I find myself occasionally paging through the book to look at a picture or three without reading the text. Scalora has a terrific photographic sense, particularly in terms of color. (It's no accident that one of her websites is dedicated to the use and meaning of color...)I've noticed, however, that there is some controversy over the text. Should it be there? Is it misleading? What's the deal? Well, for those of you who haven't read the book, the text tells us about how Scalora went around the world hunting down the faeries we see in the book. Each photograph is accompanied by a short description of where the faerie can be found and how to attract her. But ultimately, at the end of the book, we find a list of credits that show us that the story is just that: a story. The trip is just a cute, fanciful way to put the book together. And I for one think that it works. Because even if the faeries aren't real, even if the trip never happened, the pictures are so gorgeous that they seem unreal. The idea of such a trip ever taking place is enough to fire my imagination, to make me think for a minute that such a thing might indeed be possible, that even though these aren't real faeries, I might be wandering through the woods one day and spy Eugenie the Emerald Forest Fairy snickering at me from behind a tree. So maybe it's not important that we know it's not real. Maybe what's important is that we read the book, enjoy the photos, and wonder... what if?
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Summary: inapproriate names and too short
Review: I liked this book OK. It's a collection of photos and descriptions of fairies. I was relieved to discover that this was not like those victorian Flower Fairy books - several of the fairies in here are mischevious, uncaring, or downright dangerous. It was good, but still too short- I would have like it if it was twice or even four times its size.
I also disliked the names each of the fairies were given, as well as their titles. Personally I find titles like "The Emerald Forest Fairy" to be a little silly. Also some of the names were a little out of place - Eugenie for a Mexican fairy, Thera for a Scandinavian one, etc. Only a few names, such as Morai, really seemed to fit. I would have also liked a profile for the Unidentified Fairy.
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Summary: magic
Review: i love this book. it is my single most borrowed item from the public library. if you love fairies and magic and daydreaming then this book is for you. also, it is a great inspiration for fairy related costumes you might like to try at home.
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Summary: Beautiful Artistry and Ethereal Environments
Review: I showed this book to some little girls for whom I babysit and they were as enchanted as I. What a wonderful photographic depiction of Fairies. I hope there will be more, possibly with other mythological creatures. Wonderful!
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Summary: Good book, just know what it is...
Review: If you didn't believe in fairies before, you will... Suza Scalora has not only showed her beautiful and carefully detailed art on fairies, but her wit and playfulness as a writer. I commend her on the agility in capturing fairies on camera, their beauty and magic, as well as displaying her own thru them... to be treasured as an Art Book , for adults and children alike.
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Summary: Good book, just know what it is...
Review: It's a great book as long as you aren't to built up for it and no before hand it is not real. It may seem silly but it is so good and the photos were so beautiful, even though you know it could never be real, you sort of think it can and just get swept away and you are ready to go searching for your own fairies because maybe they are real photos...then in the back it has credits for the models and costume makers. It seemed like it was so good it was a big let down at the end. It could just be the fact that in the store they presented it as non-fiction but it is an okay book. I feel silly every time I pick it up because I believed for a little while it was real.
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Summary: Amazing!!!
Review: This book is amazing! The pictures are wonderful! I thought some of the text was very hard to believe, though. I mean, I knew it wasn't real, but I think she went a little overboard while writing about some of the fairies. For example, saying that Dia, the Fuchsia Moss Fairy, actually talked to her, and that Twila the Twilight-Blue Fairy took a picture of her, was a little too much. I also didn't like the way all of the fairies were human size. I can understand why some would be, like Vivian, Thera, and Augustine, but when you think of fairies you imagine "little" people, not life-sized people.
This was a great book though, and I loved all of the pictures, and most of the stories (except for the too unreal ones). I thought Eugenie and Willow were so cute, Twyla and Mali were enchanting, Ophelia and Augestine were beautiful, Ariel and Dia were had the best backgrounds, Cedahlia looked the most real, Vivian, Nimm, and espically Morai (probally because I live by a lake) were scary and haunting, Laurel was adorable, and I loved the unknown faires, but my favorite was Thera. Her story was so sad and enchanting, and she was so pretty.
Well, this is such a great book. After reading it I wanted to go out and discover real faries! I recommend this to anyone, any age, who loves faires!
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Summary: Beautiful photographs and an intriguing study
Review: This is a great book for any kid who is interested in fairies and such, including adult kids. The pictures are beautiful and so are the fairies. You get an information file on each one. The book is like a travel guide for fairy spotters. Suza Scalora also did the cover of The Rose and the Beast. I look forward to seeing more of her work.
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Summary: a good book but its not real faeries in it
Review: Well, I bought this book because of the beautiful faeries, its a great picture book, but no real faery pix in it...the faeries are girls who dressed up like faeries....that was why I gave it a three star...it could have been better...although I did enjoy the book very much.
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