Bøker av Michele Hauser

strong>The Crystal Palace III: The Fairy WarEver wish you were someone else? Katie falls in love with a handsome fairy boy, Colin, and wants to be a fairy herself. In this third book of the Crystal Palace trilogy, three human girls (Karina, Nicole, and Katie) return to Fairyland to visit their fairy folk friends and to see the effect of the civil rights reforms they had earlier mediated for the ogres and trolls, previously second class citizens in Fairyland. The Sorcerer gives Katie beautiful fairy wings, but he is jealous of the human girls' growing influence on the king and plans to humiliate them. His scheme is interrupted when insects (huge to the fairies) attack Fairyland. Urged on by their evil tarantula leader, swarms of enormous, angry insects and spiders descend upon the fairy folk. Their goal: to destroy Fairyland, before turning their sights on the human world. A story of envy and forgiveness, courage and cooperation, friendship and caring, The Crystal Palace III: The Fairy War demonstrates the power of respect for others and working together toward a common goal. Exciting and fanciful- a child's version of Fairyland through the artistry of Karina, the eleven-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.

Grammy finds a tiny envelope addressed to Karina on the crystal bed. King Sebastian and Queen Serena of Fairyland have invited Karina and her friends to Prince Jeremy¿s third birthday party. Excited and determined, Karina, Katie, and Nicole return to Fairyland through the bedpost crystal, with the help of Grammy¿s tooth fairy, Angela. The royal celebration is all they have hoped: beautiful and festive with an elaborate buffet, graceful dancers, and impressive fireworks. A magical and enchanting evening in Fairyland¿Suddenly, explosions interrupted the celebrations as the ogres and trolls, outcasts in fairy society, protest their lack of rights and limited choices in life. In the chaos, Karina, Katie, Nicole, and the young, insolent fairy princess Gianna are kidnapped by the ogres and taken into hiding. Join Karina and her friends as they confront issues of justice and equality as they get to know their captors. The beautiful, magical Fairyland now seems medieval and unfair. What can these modern American girls do to help their beloved Fairyland? What would YOU do?Enchanting and fanciful¿a child¿s vision of Fairyland through the illustrations of Karina, the ten-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.

Who would have thought that the saving of a little boy at a pool would lead to an adventure in Fairyland and the Kingdom of the Leprechauns? A sleepover at Karina's Grammy's and Popi's house, in a bedroom filled with crystals, turned into an adventure at a crystal palace and a confrontation with a dangerous sea serpent. Karina, Katie, and Emily Jean entered these worlds through the lead of Grammy's tooth fairy named Angela. They were needed to find the missing baby fairy prince. Intelligence, insight, and imagination led these girls to the rescue and the discovery of the truth: Children are precious to their parents, not matter how old they are, whether in Fairyland or everyday life.Exciting and fanciful¿a child¿s vision of Fairyland through the artistry of Karina, the nine-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.