The Footballing Fairy
Summary:
A fun rhyming text that brings together two worlds: fairy tales and football! Meet Femi – a fairy who’s more interested in playing football than granting wishes. The only problem is, whatever she kicks seems to cause havoc, whether it’s sending Snow White’s poisoned apple smashing through a mirror or Cinderella’s pumpkin into a vat of soup at the palace ball. Banished by the king, Femi heads into the forest, where she finds herself right in the mouth of a cave where a huge, hungry Troll emerges… How will she get herself out of trouble?! [Source: Publisher]
Edited by: Dublin City University
Comment:
The overall message of the book is to never give up on your dreams and the power of the imagination. Sometimes Femi doubts her abilities, but this does not stop her and she says that ‘she will show them, and she will prove them wrong.’ This determination brings the brave Femi on an extraordinary journey where even the whispering trees are telling her to just give up – but she persists! [Source: Children’s Books Ireland]