The Crystal Palace Series includes
The Crystal Palace: Rescue of The Baby Fairy Prince (www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace)
The Crystal Palace II: Rebellion in Fairyland (www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace2)
The Crystal Palace III: The Fairy Wars, (www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace3)
My granddaughter Karina is the illustrator for all three books. Each book is longer than the previous, with a more complicated plot, making them appropriate for children as they grow, or for different reading levels within a classroom. They are chapter books, appropriate for children ages five to twelve, or for anyone with an interest in fairy folk. They are available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Crystal Palace I Back Cover Summary:
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, no matter how old they are, whether in Fairyland or everyday life.
For details, excerpts, and links to the online bookstores, please check out my publisher’s author webpage:
www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace
Crystal Palace II Back Cover Summary
Grammy finds a tiny envelope addressed to Karina on the crystal bed. Karina and her friends have been invited to the fairy Prince Jeremy’s third birthday party. Angela, Grammy’s tooth fairy, leads Karina, Katie, and Nicole to Fairyland through the bedpost crystal.
The royal celebration is beautiful and festive, a magical and enchanting evening in Fairyland…
Suddenly, explosions interrupt the celebrations. In the chaos, Karina, Katie, Nicole, and the young, insolent fairy princess Gianna are kidnapped.
Karina and her friends find there is trouble in Fairyland as they confront issues of injustice and inequality. 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?
For details, excerpts, and links to the online bookstores, please check out my publisher’s author webpage:
www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace2
Crystal Palace III Back Cover Summary:
Ever 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 how well the reforms they had mediated were working.
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 love and working together toward a common goal.