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Author: Mikaela Hetherington Publisher: ISBN: 9780646868578 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Until now, contemporary literature has failed to adequately document the existence of fairies in Australia, theorised to be at least partly due to sabotage from the fairies directly. However, with expanding zones of human habitation and the adaptive behaviours of both fairies and now humans, it has become easier to detect and work with the local fairies, reawakening scientific interest. After heading out into the field, a group of scientists collated information on the twelve identified Australian fairies, answering many questions, not just about their existence, but also about their habits and habitations. The dwellings for each fairy species differ depending on the Australian landscape that is most suited to their unique features and abilities. The erudite fairy enchants forests, the blush hooded fairy protects the reef, and the silk pulvari fairy makes fairy dust by eating the sand in the central Australian desert. The [sometimes lazy] tooth fairy navigates the cloak of night with its bioluminescent tracks on the skin. Australia's isolated continent has meant that these fairies have evolved to be like none other found on the planet. Supporting each fairy description is detailed imagery of the individual fairies displaying their very unique features and some of the key indicators of their presence and preferences. This information can now be used by the general public who wish to go fairy spotting or to attract fairies to their local area.
Author: Mikaela Hetherington Publisher: ISBN: 9780646868578 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Until now, contemporary literature has failed to adequately document the existence of fairies in Australia, theorised to be at least partly due to sabotage from the fairies directly. However, with expanding zones of human habitation and the adaptive behaviours of both fairies and now humans, it has become easier to detect and work with the local fairies, reawakening scientific interest. After heading out into the field, a group of scientists collated information on the twelve identified Australian fairies, answering many questions, not just about their existence, but also about their habits and habitations. The dwellings for each fairy species differ depending on the Australian landscape that is most suited to their unique features and abilities. The erudite fairy enchants forests, the blush hooded fairy protects the reef, and the silk pulvari fairy makes fairy dust by eating the sand in the central Australian desert. The [sometimes lazy] tooth fairy navigates the cloak of night with its bioluminescent tracks on the skin. Australia's isolated continent has meant that these fairies have evolved to be like none other found on the planet. Supporting each fairy description is detailed imagery of the individual fairies displaying their very unique features and some of the key indicators of their presence and preferences. This information can now be used by the general public who wish to go fairy spotting or to attract fairies to their local area.
Author: Bob Curran Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811822763 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 82
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What is your best defense against a phosphorescent land sheerie? Can you really find contentment with a wealthy merrow wife? The answers are disclosed at last in A Field Guide to Irish Fairies, the first and only such guide available. Expertly researched and compiled by an authority on the subject, with detailed illustrations to help wayfarers identify the 13 major varieties of these elusive fairy folk of the Emerald Isle, this pocket-size volume is indispensible both in the field and back in the (relative) safety of hearth and home. With information on habitat, history, and fairy customs at their fingertips, readers will be well prepared for encounters with saucy leprechauns, kindly grogochs, and even headless dullahans. A word to the wise: Take it along, or take your chances!
Author: Susannah Marriott Publisher: ISBN: 9781741695175 Category : Fairies Languages : en Pages : 29
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Explore the secret world of the fairy realm! There is probably a fairy very close to you right now-in the raindrop on the window, within that shaft of sunlight, or beneath those moving leaves. Discover all the fairies' secret hiding places in this enchanting guide to fairy lore from around the world. Then you will know where to look next time you notice a strange perfume or hear the tinkle of tiny bells ...
Author: Albert Orr Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING ISBN: 1486313760 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 626
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Dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous insects: many are large and brightly coloured. They are also valuable indicators of environmental wellbeing. A detailed knowledge of the dragonfly fauna is therefore an important basis for decisions about environmental protection and management. This comprehensive guide to the Australian dragonfly fauna covers eight families of dragonflies and 10 families of damselflies, comprising the 113 genera and 333 species found in Australia. It has been updated with newly identified species and revised family names to reflect new world consensus systematics. Stunning full-colour images and distribution maps are accompanied by identification keys for adults as well as larvae, which are often used as bait for freshwater fish. This second edition of The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia also includes illustrations by Albert Orr, one of the most renowned dragonfly illustrators. The extraordinary diversity of dragonflies will interest entomologists and amateur naturalists alike.
Author: Emily Hawkins Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books ISBN: 0711247668 Category : Fairies Languages : en Pages : 67
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Fairies are all around us--you just need to look carefully and you'll see signs of them everywhere. Written and compiled by the esteemed botanist Professor Arbour, prepare to be amazed as we discover everything there is to know about the natural history of fairies.
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi Publisher: ISBN: 9780545071703 Category : Fairies Languages : en Pages : 140
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When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
Author: Richard Sugg Publisher: Reaktion Books ISBN: 1780239424 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 280
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Don’t be fooled by Tinkerbell and her pixie dust—the real fairies were dangerous. In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare people to death. Little wonder, as they were thought to be descended from the Fallen Angels and to have the power to destroy the world itself. Despite their modern image as gauzy playmates, fairies caused ordinary people to flee their homes out of fear, to revere fairy trees and paths, and to abuse or even kill infants or adults held to be fairy changelings. Such beliefs, along with some remarkably detailed sightings, lingered on in places well into the twentieth century. Often associated with witchcraft and black magic, fairies were also closely involved with reports of ghosts and poltergeists. In literature and art, the fairies still retained this edge of danger. From the wild magic of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, through the dark glamour of Keats, Christina Rosetti’s improbably erotic poem “Goblin Market,” or the paintings inspired by opium dreams, the amoral otherness of the fairies ran side-by-side with the newly delicate or feminized creations of the Victorian world. In the past thirty years, the enduring link between fairies and nature has been robustly exploited by eco-warriors and conservationists, from Ireland to Iceland. As changeable as changelings themselves, fairies have transformed over time like no other supernatural beings. And in this book, Richard Sugg tells the story of how the fairies went from terror to Tink.
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi Publisher: ISBN: 9781484401576 Category : Brothers and sisters Languages : en Pages : 107
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When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
Author: Mikaela Hetherington
Author: Mikaela Hetherington
Author: Susannah Marriott
Author: Bob Curran
Author: Susannah Marriott
Author: Albert Orr
Author: Carol K. Mack
Author: Emily Hawkins
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi
Author: Richard Sugg
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi