Stella, Fairy of the Forest (Stella and Sam)
Stella has as much moxie asEloiseand as much confidence (and  red hair) asPippi, but her  spirit of adventure, overactive imagination, and older-sister omniscience  catapult her into a league of her own. We met the inquisitive, impulsive Stella  and her less reckless little brother, Sam, inStella, Star of the Seaand inStella, Queen of the  Snow, but are newly delighted with Stella, Sam, and their faithful dog's  thoroughly charming foray into the forest.Stella has seen hundreds of fairies. Sam think he sees one, too, tiny and  beautiful, but it is only a butterfly, Stella tells him. "'Do butterflies eat  butter?'" asked Sam. 'Yellow butterflies do,' said Stella." As much as Stella  seems to know, however, Sam knows a few things, too. That blue butterflies must  eat pieces of blue sky, for instance. And that despite her insistence to the  contrary, the "rock" in the streamwasmoving.Marie-Louise Gay's friendly, engaging watercolors crawl with tiny snails and  other woodland creatures that readers might miss the first time through.Stella, Fairy of the Forestwill warm the hearts of children and adults  alike, especially those who believe that a walk in the woods is an at least  potentially magical adventure. (Ages 3 to 8)--Karin Snelson--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.