Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl

Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl

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Ages: 4–8 years

Fairies are real, and they’re all around us! Award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl offers a fanciful and beautifully illustrated peek into the hidden world of fairies, sprites, and other magical creatures.

A girl searches for fairies in her backyard and the woods beyond, following little clues and traces of magic. Fairies and other magical creatures can be found on every page, hidden among the flowers, trees and pebbles. But although readers can see them, the girl keeps searching, just one step behind… In the end, it is clear (both to the girl and readers) that there is magic all around, even when it’s hidden in plain sight.

Phoebe Wahl takes us deep into the world of fairies, and her vibrant, multi-textured woodland scenes are every bit as enchanting as the creatures therein. A gorgeously illustrated paean to imagination and the natural world.

Phoebe Wahl is an award-winning children’s book author, illustrator, and surface designer, whose work focuses on themes of comfort, fantasy, and intimacy with nature and one another. She grew up unschooled in Washington state and credits her free-range childhood in the Northwest for much of her inspiration and values.

Phoebe's first children’s book, Sonya’s Chickens was the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New Illustrator, and her most recent picture book, Little Witch Hazel was an Indie Bestseller, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Title, as well as being named one of the Best Books of 2021 by BookPage, BookRiot, Booklist and the Chicago Public Library. Her other titles include The Blue House, Backyard Fairies, Paper Mice (written by Megan Wagner-Lloyd) and illustrated YA novel Phoebe’s Diary (Little, Brown 2023).

Phoebe graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2013 with a BFA in illustration.

Phoebe lives in Bellingham, Washington with her family and two rambunctious cats.

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About the Artist

Phoebe Wahl

Phoebe Wahl is an award-winning children’s book author, illustrator, and surface designer, whose work focuses on themes of comfort, fantasy, and intimacy with nature and one another. She grew up unschooled in Washington state and credits her free-range childhood in the Northwest for much of her inspiration and values.

Phoebe's first children’s book, Sonya’s Chickens was the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New Illustrator, and her most recent picture book, Little Witch Hazel was an Indie Bestseller, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Title, as well as being named one of the Best Books of 2021 by BookPage, BookRiot, Booklist and the Chicago Public Library. Her other titles include The Blue House, Backyard Fairies, Paper Mice (written by Megan Wagner-Lloyd) and illustrated YA novel Phoebe’s Diary (Little, Brown 2023).

Photo by Holly Stevens

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