When his daughter complained that no fairy book ever mentioned Australia, Hume-Cook began inventing Sunday-evening stories of Australian fairies for his three children. The tales, set down much as they were told, feature a magic well, a fairy city and a prince’s palace among the gum trees, with a foreword by W. M. Hughes, Australia’s wartime prime minister.
A charming family storybook that gives the fairy tale an Australian home. Download the free EPUB.