A Childhood Favorite Passed to my Son

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	• No Flying in the House (Harper Trophy Books) Betty Brock HarperTrophy, 1982 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 45 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Childhood Favorite Passed to my Son

This is, easily, my favorite book from childhood. (I've even quoted it as my favorite book in job interviews, which got me strange looks!) Nonetheless, I couldn't wait to share it with my son, now 6. We've just started reading chapter books together & he was a little put off at first because it was about a girl, but he was soon drawn into the magic of the story & the dream of being a fairy. He can ALMOST kiss his elbow -- he almost broke his neck trying! Such fun to watch him enjoy the imagery and figure out the "who's who" in the end.

I, obviously, HIGHLY recommend this book. In this day of aliens & killings & other violent characters, it's nice to return to the innocent characters that SHOULD inhabit the youthful minds of our children. Everyone has the child's (Annabel) best interest at heart in this book. I never fail to cry (twice) near the end of the book, even now in my 40s!

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Fanciful, Fun, Mysterious

I read this book as a child, and just loved it. I have a clear memory of trying VERY hard both to fly, and to kiss the tips of my own elbows while I read it (according to the book, the ultimate proof of being a fairy).However, I didn't remember any of the story's details -- neither the title nor the author. Finally, after an in-depth Internet search, I found it and I ordered it for my own 8 year old daughter, who read it straight through. She seems to have loved it as much as I did, and still talks about the memorable characters and situations. (I reread it the day it arrived in the mail, and it turns out it is not just a story about an orphaned little girl and her tiny talking dog -- it is a mystery as well!) The best part for me was watching my daughter try to kiss her own elbows. But why not? After all, who knows which of us is really a fairy? Now I am left to wonder why this author didn't write more children's books. I will definitely try and find other things she has written.

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enchanting

This was a book I read as a child... it was one of my favorite books and has now become my nine year old daughters' favorite. We read it together, a chapter each night, over a week... it was compelling, exciting, mysterious, and amazing all at once - we were captivated. I thoroughly recommend this story to any little girl who has dreamed about being a fairy.

This's Gotta Have 13 Stars!!

Dear Reader,
I am 8 years old and
I think this book is great! I think the author was really good and the book makes you feel like you are in the story. I read it in five days it was so good.
The book was very descriptive. It made me cry in a part. I can't tell you about that part, but it's almost at the end. Another part, at the very end, made me laugh!
The book is about a little girl named Annabel and her beloved dog Gloria. Their adventure starts at a mansion with Mrs. Vancourt and the servant Mrs. Peach.
I think kids from 4-20 would like this book and I recommend it for everyone!

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pretty darn good

I thought that it was a pretty good book. One of its problems was; I have to write a book report for school and I chose this book, but one of the questions was what's the seetting, and the book really doesn't say much about that. I still enjoyed it, but i thought that it wasn't very complete, like the ending could have disired a bit more of "what really happened". I still recomend it to kids who like fairy tales, but i don't really like fairy tales. I was still a good book.

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Annabel Tippens seems like an ordinary little girl, with short blond hair and very good manners. But Annabel is actually quite unusual. Instead of parents, she has Gloria, a tiny white dog who talks and wears a gold collar. Annabel never wonders why her life is different, until one day a cat named Belinda tells her the truth -- she's not just a little girl, she's half fairy! But now that she knows the truth, will her whole life have to change?

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