A Child's Book of Faeries

Tanya Robyn Batt, Tonya Robin Batt. Barefoot Books, $19.99 (64pp) ISBN 978-1-84148-954-4

Victorian-era stories, poems, and legends from Britain and Ireland combine in A Child's Book of Faeries retold by Tanya Robyn Batt, illus. by Gail Newey. Works by the likes of Shakespeare, Thomas Hood and William Allingham are framed by borders reminiscent of folk art and tinged with gold. Back matter contains source notes and a bibliography. (Sept.)

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