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Rumer Godden (Author), Gary Blythe (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (2 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330452541
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330452540
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.6 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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A beautiful edition of this delightful story about fairies by a master storyteller – published in the Godden centenary year

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Fairy Doll has always been at the top of the Christmas tree, brilliant in her white beaded dress and little silver shoes (which Elizabeth is sure were sewn by fairy mice). Elizabeth is the smallest in the family. She is always getting into trouble and her brothers and sisters are forever leaving her out and ordering her around. She’s convinced she’s useless. Then Great-Grandma gives Fairy Doll to Elizabeth – and it isn't even Christmas! From then on Elizabeth keeps hearing a little ’Ting!’ which seems to tell her what to do. Suddenly everything starts going right instead of wrong. Could Fairy Doll be magical?
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah D
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I remember Rumer Godden's books from my childhood, although I hadn't read this one. The language and setting is naturally dated, but the theme - self confidence - is universal and my 6 year-old daughter and 4 year-old son really enjoyed it (they were impressed a six year old could go to the shops on her own!) and identified with Elizabeth learning to ride her bike. For a while 'Ting!' became a household phrase. This story has a Christmassy feel, although the action takes place throughout the year, and magic and reality are neatly blended. Rumer Godden has written some great books for kids and I am sorry that most of them seem to be currently out of print.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Is it just the Fairy Doll's help? 13 Jan 2006
By Ellen Etc. - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The youngest of four children, Elizabeth is picked on by her siblings and feels stupid and clumsy, until Great-Grandmother assigns her a protector in the Fairy Doll at the top of the Christmas tree. Sometimes help comes from without in the form of a talisman, and sometimes it comes from within, that inner "ting!" of intuition that tells us what to do. This story would be good both for the scapegoated child in a family, and for other kids who are mean without realizing how damaging it is to another's self-confidence.

This story is also included in the Rumer Godden collection "Four Dolls."
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A wonderful book for children and adults. 26 Jan 1998
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Format:Hardcover
My favorite children's book for forty years- out of print for a long time. Fairy Doll is a beautiful story about self-confidence and the "magic" of fairies. Buy this book!
A Magical and Inspiring Book 21 May 2012
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About twenty five years ago I read this book aloud to a group of small children in an after-school program. Now grown-up, they still come up to me and remind me of the day I read the book to them. Several of the little girls told me that they learned the idea of sewing from this book. The next time we met we sewed dolls, embroidering their faces and making corkscrew curls for hair. When I could not find my old copy, I ordered one for my granddaughters. We have sewed doll clothes, but have not yet made a fairy doll.
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