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Welcome!
If
you are flying by to learn more about an exciting and educational new children's
book, The Stump Fairies of Miller Hill
by
Kelly Michal, you landed on the right branch!
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What's
here?
 | Insider information about this
book and about future books in
this series |
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Information about the author
and the illustrator |
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Photos of some of the real-life
counterparts of some of the characters
in the book |
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Information about the characters
and their habitat |
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Drawings of the
characters skillfully drawn by
artist Patricia
Lou |
| Maps of the Miller Hill habitat
and the clan's family tree |
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A
Feedback page where you can write to Kelly Michal
or Patricia Lou |
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This book was written in 1994 and was published by
1st
Books Library in October 2000. It is
only the first in a series of children's fiction books detailing
the lives, activities and wild adventures of fairy clans in different habitats.
The
book is intended for young children as a read-aloud, or for 8-12 year olds as a
first chapter book. It is also suitable for young adults or adults working to
develop their reading skills and vocabulary.
It is available in three formats: standard e-book, Rocket
edition,
and print-on-demand paperback. Click here to find
out how to buy the book!
This
book is for you if...
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you are interested in learning about animals, their habits and the places
where they live (habitats), |
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you are interested in learning about the environment or ecology, |
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you are interested in learning how different communities compete for and
share resources (like food, water, and territory), |
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you are interested in learning about a clan of fairies that makes their home
inside a jaggedy old cottonwood stump, |
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you are interested in meeting and getting to know all the wonderful
characters, |
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you are interested in laughing a lot, |
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you are interested in who our heroine Mikellandra's secret friend is and why
she can't let anyone in her clan know who it is, |
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you are interested in an action packed adventure where our hero Gallantro
and our heroine Mikellandra and the rest of the clan have to be very careful
to avoid Tornado and Perigretti and the meanest crew of nighthawks in the
valley! |
We
can't say any more without giving all the secrets away!
About the Author:
Kelly Michal
is a freelance writer with a love for the natural environment and all
of the wild things in it. She is educated in the field of environmental science,
and spends some of her free time educating children and adults in the areas of
wildlife conservation and management, wildlife identification, and outdoor
skills. She works in environmental chemistry and lives in New Mexico. This is
her first book for children.
Table of
Contents:
| Before You Read
This Book... |
| Chapter One: Left
Behind...Again |
| Chapter Two:
Sampling the Harvest |
| Chapter Three:
Slipping Out to Meet the Enemy |
| Chapter Four: Boris
Drops In |
| Chapter Five:
Cannabell's Charm |
| Chapter Six: The
Crop Disappears! |
| Chapter Seven: The
Investigation |
| Chapter Eight:
Landra's Luck |
| Chapter 9: Rescue
in the Meadow |
| Chapter 10: Winter
Arrives |
If
you've read the book you'll be able to pick up lots of extra details here, and if
you haven't read the book you can find out more about it before you do. Take
your time and look around!
So grab your
daypack, get your wings warmed up, let somebody know where you're going, and we'll
see you inside the stump....
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