Rosie, A Fairyland Fable

Rosie worries that she isn’t really a fairy. Dandelions and other beautiful flowers make her sneeze, she’s clumsy, she doesn’t like to fly, and she knows she isn’t pretty like the other fairies or her beautiful mama. Maybe she’s a troll who was left under a rock. Seeking answers, Rosie leaves home to meet not only a mean troll, but nervous garden tillies, who are afraid of catagnomes with their headlight eyes and pitchfork hands. Witch Darlene, looking for her little girl, snatches Rosie from the catagnomes and takes her to her gingerbread house for dinner. Rosie escapes but gets stuck on a tree limb, where she meets a genie, who tells knock-knock jokes. But no one can help Rosie find out who she really is until Marigold and her Aunt Brucie get an idea, and the Queen of the fairies makes a demand that changes Rosie’s life. This is the second Fairyland Fable in what’s expected to become a trilogy about three fairy friends, Marigold, Rosie, and Blossom. The author has vast experience with the woodland creatures and knows many of their stories, and while some people might think fairies are imaginary, one never knows when a real one may come along, the way angels do. Like fairies, the author has lived forever, and will continue to do so as long as children believe.