"First published in 2003, a new edition of this modern classic is brought to the next generation. From the magical pen of award-winning Sally Gardner comes this timeless picture book that will delight readers young and old."
In this wonderful world of fairy shops we visit Silverbell Street for a spree where anything can be yours, just by wishing. With a familiar cast of characters bursting from the pages, this will enrapture your young reader and become a firm favourite in any household.
If you believe in fairies, this is a shopping trip you'll never forget. Where a hat can make you a king or queen for the day. The pet shop where the pet chooses you. Buy a cloak of invisibility or magic lamp. An umbrella that will transport you to the stars. Fix your wonky wings. Buy your wands and wings from Sparks and Twinkle. And eat flying fairy cakes at the Foxglove Restaurant.
Play I spy and see which famous faces you can find hidden throughout the pages filled with the delightfully intricate illustrations. It's a trip down memory lane (as well as Silverbell Street) as Gardner conjures up every fairy tale, nursery rhyme and favourite story from your childhood. It's an absolute beauty and I'll be visiting regularly for my magical fix.
Costa and Carnegie winning author and artist’s timeless, enchanting picture book, about shopping with the fairies in Silverbell Street. In Silverbell Street the shops are always open, if you believe in fairies. You can buy a cloak of invisibility or magic lamp, an umbrella that will transport you to the stars, eat flying fairy cakes at the Foxglove Restaurant, or join the fairies as they try on sparkly new dancing shoes and ball gowns and much much more.
Familiar giants, fairies and witches will encourage children to find characters hidden in the illustrations.
Sally Gardner is a multi-award-winning novelist, whose books have sold over 2 million copies in the UK and been translated into more than 25 languages. Sally earned a First-Class Honours degree from Central St. Martin’s Art School and worked for many years as a theatre designer, working on some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born, she started to illustrate children’s books, and then turned to writing. Sally won both the Costa Children’s Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (2012). Sally is an avid spokesperson for dyslexia. Having been branded ‘unteachable’ by some and sent to various schools, Sally was eventually diagnosed at the age of twelve as being severely dyslexic and is passionately trying to change how dyslexia is perceived by society.
Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles.
Her YA novel,The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers includeLucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift.
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