“The Legend of the Fairy Stones takes readers on an upbeat journey through a land filled with joyful fairies of all varieties before twisting and turning into a world of evils and ill wills combated by a sense of fearlessness found in the spirit of the fairy stones. It’s been deemed that fairy stones repel witches, ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and all other types of ghastly fools.
With its rhythmic text and classic fairy-tale style, The Legend of the Fairy Stones cleverly integrates fantastical folklore in a collage-style montage of amazing artwork from the public domain. These very real stone crosses, officially called Staurolite, form naturally through a geothermal process known as ‘cruciform penetration twinning.’”
—LitPick selection
“Alongside its elements of fantasy and whimsy, The Legend of the Fairy Stonesremains grounded in educational content with back matter that focuses sharply on STEAM and Common Core Standards, making it an ideal and recommended addition to both community and elementary school library collections. It should be noted for parents that The Legend of the Fairy Stonesis also available in a paperback edition.”
—Children’s Bookwatch, “The Picturebook Shelf,” Midwest Book Review
“The rhyming verses add to the magical feel of the story and make it captivating and enthralling to young readers. The images are as beautiful as the verses. For all readers who love magic, fairies, and enchantment, this book is a perfect read. The author weaves educational and informative content into the book along with folklore and staurolite crystals in a way that is endearing and appealing. The book is not only for children because adults will also find it interesting and engaging. The legend of the fairy stones, and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ have been tied together beautifully, making readers aware of staurolite crystals and the folklore associated with them.”
—ReadersFavorite.com 5-starred review
New picture book The Legend of the Fairy Stones recently received a five-starred review from ReadersFavorite.com:
"The Legend of the Fairy Stones by Kelly Anne White takes young readers on an enchanting and whimsical trip through a land of fairies who flitted and glittered in glens and glades in the scattered light of morning. When it was noontime, they lolled in beds of fragrant flowers. The fairies were many: fairies with mushrooms, fairies that bloom, fairies in costumes, fairies that flutter wherever they are led, fairies so bright that they illuminate the night, and so on. The fairies are sad and turn to hues of blue when they hear the news of Jesus passing away. Their teardrops turn to stones when they hit the ground, and perceived losses turn to crosses. Fairy stones are pure and good and have a lot of positivity and benefits.
"The rhyming verses add to the magical feel of the story, and make it captivating and enthralling to young readers. The images are as beautiful as the verses, and for all readers who love magic, fairies, and enchantment, this book is a perfect read. I like the way the author weaves educational and informative content into the book, along with folklore and staurolite crystals in a way that is endearing and appealing. The book is not only for children, because adults will also find it interesting and engaging. The legend of the fairy stones, and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ have been tied together beautifully, making readers aware of staurolite crystals and the folklore associated with them."
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New York, and Virginia-based Morgan JamesPublishing, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest growing independent publishers of 2018, has acquired rights to The Legend of the Fairy Stones, a picture book by author Kelly Anne White of Baltimore, Maryland. White's literary agent, D.J. Snell of Legacy Management, negotiated the contractual agreement.
"I've been with Morgan James for five and a half years working with many authors, but have never done a deal like we put together for Kelly Anne White," says acquisitions editor Terry Whalin, formerly of Simon & Schuster and David C. Cook.
The Legend of the Fairy Stones integrates the story of very real cross-shaped staurolite crystals, found in only a few places on earth and affectionately referred to as "fairy stones," with the fictional folktale of how these stones came to be. White retells the charming fairy lore, with a unique blend of her originally authored text and whimsical illustrations from the public domain. The book's narrative is written in lyrical verse, as in the following excerpt:
The fairy tears dropped here and there, but first they lingered in the air.
When teardrops finally hit the ground, they turned to stones—but they weren't round.
Tucked in pads of herbs and mosses, perceived losses turned to...crosses!
The cross-shaped stones on Earth's dirt floor dissolved the grief forevermore.
"I'm ecstatic that my vision of this mountain folklore gets to unfold from the pages of a storybook. It almost feels like a fairy tale, doesn't it?" White quips. The Legend of the Fairy Stones is slated to hit bookstores for a Spring 2019 release.
Kelly Anne White is author of The Bible Adventure Book of Scavenger Hunts (Healthy Learning/Coaches Choice, 2016). White has worked as a book editor for HarperCollins, Kirkus Media, and Christian Editor Connection, and she is on faculty at The PEN Institute. She lives in Baltimore and spends weekends on Chincoteague Bay in Virginia.
