By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 55: All that day there was a great rejoicing in the Crystal Castle because of the return of their dear Princess.
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 54: Just as the Wicked Fairy was about to fling a large net about them, the humming-bird reached the crest of the rainbow…
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 53: holding fast to her shoulder. The humming-bird flew out the window and high up into the sky.
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 51: Now Princess April really did begin to cry. And the blue butterfly tried to comfort her…
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 49: Full plate image – Fairy Misery, her bunson burner set, and the blue mist that is about to envelope Princess April
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 48: If Princess April would serve her and do evil instead of good, these priceless gifts would be hers. But Princess April would not even look at the gifts.
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 47: This made the wicked Fairy so angry that she cast Princess April into a dark dungeon.
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 46: promising to return one day, started on her way to the Wizard’s cave.
by Danny Garrett
Austin, Texas
This page is rich in illuminations and has one very nice small illustration with a decided horizontal bias. Continue reading
By Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 28: “One must first do three good deeds.”
by Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page14 – great a temptation. And in spite of the blue butterfly’s warning that if they left the Enchanted Forrest they could not return, she stepped over the magic boundary.
by Danny Garrett, Austin, Texas
Here is the first example of a page where Letitia has the text sharing space equally with a prime illustration. And what Letitia chose to introduce in this highlighted manner is a portrait of Princess April’s nemesis, Fairy Misery. Continue reading
by Letitia Fairbanks, Hollywood, California
Page 12 – to whisper among themselves that perhaps Princess April Morning-Glory was becoming a wicked fairy and would go to live in Twilight Forest in the gloomy Jet Castle of the wicked Fairy Misery.