LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES (HB)

Fairies remain one of the most enduring folk creatures, featuring in mythologies across cultures and throughout history. This little encyclopedia rounds up more than 90 fairies from around the world including: a fairy of Mayan legend whom farmers called on for rain, a fairy of Irish lore whose cries were associated with death, a fairy from Chinese mythology who could shape-shift into a fox, and a silver-haired Senegalese fairy, who dances in moonlight.