Fairies may be small, but fairy houses are BIG

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......didn't call them fairy houses," said Susan...often teaches fairy house- building workshops...construction of fairy houses. EVENTS INCLUDE: Fairy house and garden tour...Botanical Gardens A fairy house, from "Fairy Houses Everywhere...

fairy tales ; Fairy houses help kids build a connection with nature, and...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......building days and fairy-house tours, sometimes...think building fairy houses has to be a public...to the massive fairy-house colony on Mackworth...other builders' fairy houses for use at home...before launching her fairy-house book series in...children can ...

COME AWAY! O HUMAN CHILD! TO THE WATERS AND THE WILD, WITH A FAERY, HAND...

The Boston Globe;  August 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Emily built their first fairy house three autumns ago in a...walk. Leaning against the fairy house was a piece of birch bark...with curious script: "Dear Fairy House Builders, We love this...Tracy Kane made Monhegan's fairy houses the subject of a video...book and video ...

People

The Boston Globe;  September 18, 2008 ;     668 words ......clinic. Call 978-462-0760. FAIRY TRAILS: The fourth annual Fairy House Tour, to benefit local nonprofits...illustrator of the award-winning Fairy Houses Series. First introduced...islands off the coast of Maine, fairy houses are a New England...build their own houses in a ...

If you build it...; Making fairy houses is a fun project for believers and...

Concord Monitor;  July 16, 2006 ;     530 words ...The word "fairy" comes from the ancient Latin...have believed in all sorts of fairy-like creatures. The Pookah was...to pretend you do. Building fairy houses is a great activity for believers...on the forest floor for the fairy tepee you see here. I pinned...pebbles and more twigs. Although ...

Fairyland

Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  May 12, 2006 ;     393 words ......made their way to Abbott Park to make fairy houses. They carried bags filled with bark...illustrator Tracy Kane read them her book "Fairy Houses" several minutes earlier in their classroom...children were coming to create their own fairy houses like the fictional Kristen did in the...

Cape Elizabeth girl flits into fairy role in Children's Theatre of Maine...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 15, 2004 ;     567 words ......07-15-2004 Cape Elizabeth girl flits into fairy role in Children's Theatre of Maine production...production based on author Tracy Kane's book "Fairy Houses" through Aug. 7. The theater's artistic director...school; and "Really Rosie," "Newsies" and "Fairy Houses" at the Children's Theatre ...

`Fairy Houses' author leads event at Topsham Library

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  October 12, 2005 ;     115 words ...Portland Press Herald (Maine) 10-12-2005 `Fairy Houses' author leads event at Topsham Library Edition: Coast Section...their families are invited to participate in one of the two fairy-house-building workshops being offered at 10 a.m. or 12:30 p...author, will launch the event with a reading of her ...

Robin Hood's merrie Maine hideout.(The Home Forum)

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ......trail was what we youngsters called the fairy house, an open glade under a huge pasture...Where are they now? We'd meet at our fairy house and fantasize our adventures and eat...vacation. Afterward, when at last I had the fairy house to myself, I'd go there on a Sunday...

CHANGING DIRECTION

The Boston Globe;  June 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......children's author Tracy Kane talks about her books "Fairy Houses" and "Fairy Boat." And she'll create a fairy house. "Fairy Houses," is the story of a girl who finds a collection of fairy houses on an island in Maine and decides to build her...

Goodall to host two programs

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 15, 2004 ;     170 words ......excerpts from her books and teaching children how to build fairy houses. Kane is the author of the books "Fairy Houses," "Fairy Boat" and "Fairy Flight. She encourages children and their families to bring along some natural fairy house building materials to join in the fun. Space is ...

A fractured fairy tale comes to life in Flossmoor

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  October 16, 2008 ;     458 words ......4, wishes he could get back his tiny fairy house that he and his father, Bill Van Bonn...Cooper's mother, Anna Van Bonn, said the fairy house disappeared the night of Oct. 6, just...that day, so we were excited to see the fairy house when we got up in the morning. Unfortunately...

Who would steal a 4-year-old's fairy house?

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  October 16, 2008 ;     287 words ......4, wishes he could get back his tiny fairy house that he and his father, Bill Van Bonn...Cooper's mother, Anna Van Bonn, said the fairy house disappeared the night of Oct. 6, just...that day, so we were excited to see the fairy house when we got up in the morning," Anna...

Happy gardening Enchanting and beautifully engineered Coastal Maine...

Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  August 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......children confined to adult bodies. The Fairy House Village lies along one of those meandering...and huge imaginations. The rules for fairy house building are really quite simple. You...surrounded by plantings, an amazingly large fairy house, an interactive area with a big bird...

ASK THE GLOBE

The Boston Globe;  September 23, 1997 ;     157 words ......write to obtain the book?S.L., Hull A. While there may be several books about the fairy houses on Maine's Monhegan Island, we think you read "The Fairy Houses of Monhegan Island" a children's book by Susan Bassler Pickford, a teacher and freelance...