Holly doesn't want to give up her tooth, but she doesn't expect a letter from the tooth fairy when she fails to put it under her pillow. So begins a week of correspondence between Holly and the Tooth Fairy.

Exquisite, ready-to-color drawings of flowers -- one for each letter of the alphabet -- accompanied by young sprites in carefree poses. Each illustration also contains the first letter of the flower's name.

"Over the course of five years, a little girl and her tooth fairy exchange letters, asking and answering questions about some of childhood's most important moments, including bad school pictures and best-friend troubles"--

In these beautifully-illustrated poems, fairies introduce the letters of the alphabet by describing the flowers among which they live. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker's first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a life-long love for fairies and all things magical.

When Adele finds real letters from the fairies at the bottom of the garden, she reads about what fairies eat, what they wear and how much they love parties.

Tiny letters from the mouse fairies are left in envelopes throughout the house for a child to find and read.

Illus. dictionary on the meaning of flowers compiled using popular superstitions and ancient folklore. Col. illus. 8-12 yrs.