Fairy Tales & Folklore

Birdie and His Fairy Friends

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  • 1889 first published
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Birdie and His Fairy Friends is an 1889 folklore and fairy tales novel by Margaret T. Canby.

A free LibriVox audiobook (3 h 50 min) is available.

About Birdie and His Fairy Friends

This book contains 13 stories for little children, about a little boy named Birdie and his adventures out in nature with the fairies. The stories include "The Frost Fairies", made famous by a very similar short story entitled "The Frost King", penned by deaf/blind Helen Keller when she was a young girl. Helen's story was so similar to Margaret Canby's tale, that Keller was accused of plagerizing. Her teacher Anne Sullivan finally pieced together that a friend had read Margaret’s story to Helen years before, and she had internalized many details without remembering the story having been read to her. This episode helped reveal what Mrs. Canby described as Helen's "wonderfully active and retentive mind", and she was honored for her story to be so well remembered (and made so famous). (Summary by Michele Fry)
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Who wrote Birdie and His Fairy Friends?

Birdie and His Fairy Friends was written by Margaret T. Canby and first published in 1889.

What genre is Birdie and His Fairy Friends?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.

Is there a free audiobook of Birdie and His Fairy Friends?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 50 min.

What books are similar to Birdie and His Fairy Friends?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dracula, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass.

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