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Category Archives: Fairytale

Wind, Ellen Dee Davidson

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on April 29, 2022 by Mary WoodburyMay 16, 2022

Wind Book Review Reviewed by Mary Woodbury Book information Author: Ellen Dee Davidson Publication date: February 1, 2022 Wind, by Ellen Dee Davidson, is a … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Fairytale, Fantasy, Reviews, Reviews-Youth, Spotlight, Spotlights-Youth, Turning the Tide, YA/Teen | Tagged Ellen Dee Davidson | Leave a reply

Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 6, 2021 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times. -Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road Ben Okri’s Every Leaf … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fairytale, Flora | Tagged Ben Okri | Leave a reply

Milk Teeth, Helen Bukowski

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 26, 2021 by Mary WoodburyOctober 26, 2021

Beautifully written in immersive, spare prose, Helene Bukowski’s debut novel is about what it means to be a mother at the end of the world, … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Fairytale | Tagged Helene Bukowski | Leave a reply

El Taller de las Mariposas, Giocanda Belli

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 9, 2020 by Mary WoodburySeptember 10, 2020

For children and adults alike, Odair, one of the “Designers of All Things” and grandson of the esteemed inventor of the rainbow, has been banished … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Fairytale, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged Giocanda Belli | Leave a reply

Awakening Worlds, J.C. Thomas

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 25, 2019 by Mary WoodburyAugust 25, 2019

Awakening Worlds is a coming of age novel with contemporary Gothic themes and elements of magical realism, a must-read for anyone who loves otherworldly fantasy.  … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Fairytale, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Romance, YA/Teen | Tagged J.C. Thomas | Leave a reply

Winternight Trilogy, Katherine Arden

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 16, 2018 by Mary WoodburySeptember 16, 2018

This looks fantastic! A fairytale/fantasy where surrounding nature strongly intersects with the story. A magical debut novel for readers of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern’s … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Fairytale, Fantasy, Historical, YA/Teen | Tagged Katherine Arden | Leave a reply

Forgotten Things, Stephen Mullaney-Westwood

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 31, 2018 by Mary WoodburyAugust 31, 2018

The beauty of the Cornish countryside… The innocence of childhood in the 1980’s… An ancient mystery not quite forgotten. Mullaney-Westwood’s first novel is a spiritual … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fairytale, Fantasy, Mystery | Tagged Stephen Mullaney-Westwood | Leave a reply

The Story Collector, Evie Gaughan

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 14, 2018 by Mary WoodburyJune 14, 2018

See our world eco-fiction spotlight on this title at Dragonfly. The Story Collector treads the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Fairytale, Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism | Tagged Evie Gaughan | Leave a reply

The Merry Spinster, Mallory Ortberg

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 12, 2018 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 12, 2018

Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Classic, Fairytale, Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories, Weird Fiction | Tagged Mallory Ortberg | Leave a reply

Leaf and the Sky of Fire (Twig Stories, Vol. 2), Jo Marshall

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 14, 2014 by Mary WoodburyJuly 14, 2014

In a dying forest – infested with bark beetles – impish, stick creatures called Twigs are forced to hide in a cave, or be devoured … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Fairytale, Fantasy | Tagged Jo Marshall | Leave a reply

Leaf & the Rushing Waters (Twig Stories, Vol. 1), Jo Marshal

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 14, 2014 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

When a glacier melts, a dam of ice fractures, and a river called the Rushing Waters is set loose on an old growth forest. The … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Fairytale, Fantasy, Fauna, Flora | Tagged Jo Marshall | Leave a reply

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