Fairy Science
The award-winning author of The Most Magnificent Thing introduces the value of science and inquiry to young readers with humor and heart, now in trade paperback format. For fans of Ada Twist, Scientist and Hidden Figures.
Esther the fairy doesn't believe in magic. But fairies are all about magic, despite Esther's best efforts to reveal the science of their world. No matter how she and her bird, Albert, explain that rainbows are refracted light rather than a path to gold, or that mist is water evaporating rather than an evil omen, or the importance of the scientific method, her fairymates would rather just do magic. So when the other fairies' solution to helping a dying tree is to do a mystical…
ASHLEY SPIRES is the author and illustrator of many books, including Fairy Science, the bestselling Magnificent series and the Binky The Space Cat series, both of which are now animated series on Treehouse. Her book Small Saul was chosen as the 2016 TD Grade One Giveaway book. She is a drinker of tea, eater of candy and lover of cats. When she is not making books, she enjoys yoga, jogging and making Swiftie-themed beaded bracelets. Ashley lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia with her dog and far too many felines.