I had a vague knowledge of this subject when we started and really enjoyed learning the full story. We need to stop a lot to answer questions and often go back to clarify something important that I thought she understood, but she is very interested in the story and following it pretty well. I am reading it out loud to my 8-year-old. This book is recommended for ages 10 and up. Not even her own children were in agreement on that point. In the end, she leaves it up to the reader whether to believe if Frances saw real fairies. She tells the facts in a simple way that kids can follow. She doesn’t underestimate her readers, but she chose a subject that excites the imagination. In The Fairy Ring, Mary Losure writes the kind of children’s biography that I always thought should be written. Although the movie takes a lot of creative liberties with the facts, it will be a nice way to help my children picture a time a place that are very different from their own. Both stories are about the cousins, Frances and Elsie, who faked pictures of fairies around the time of World War I. Afterward, we are going to watch FairyTale: A True Story. This week, we are finishing up The Fairy Ring, or Elsie and Frances Fool the World by Mary Losure. The Fairy Ring: Or Elsie and Frances Fool the World.Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron.Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Revealed.

Her latest book is about Sir Isaac Newton. She writes about events that have reached legend proportion – like girls who claimed to have photographed fairies and a boy who grew up in the wild. Mary Losure is an author of middle-grade fantasy and nonfiction - but not dry, boring nonfiction.

The fairy ring by mary losure