The Night Fairy (7 page)

Authors: Laura Amy Schlitz

Also by Laura Amy Schlitz

The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm
illustrated by Max Grafe

A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Voices from a Medieval Village
illustrated by Robert Byrd

The Hero Schliemann:
The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
illustrated by Robert Byrd

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

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First electronic edition 2011

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Schlitz, Laura Amy.
The night fairy / Laura Amy Schlitz ; illustrated by Angela Barrett. — 1st ed.
p.  cm.
Summary: When Flory the night fairy’s wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently.
ISBN 978-0-7636-3674-6 (hardcover)
[1. Fairies — Fiction. 2. Magic — Fiction. 3. Friendship — Fiction. 4. Adventure and adventurers — Fiction.]  I. Barrett, Angela, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.S347145Ni 2010
[Fic] — dc22    2008027659

ISBN 978-0-7636-5439-9 (electronic)

The illustrations were done in watercolor.

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