Written while she was a teacher, these short poems were Enid Blyton’s first published book, and her preface explains that children want either humour from their own point of view or clear, whimsical fancy. The verses deliver both: fairy necklaces and fairy sight, a creature on strike, a morning before breakfast, and a flute that charms moles, robins and bees until a fairy snatches it away.
A rare look at the beginnings of the world’s most prolific children’s author. Download the free EPUB.