The world is filled with candy and sweets, especially at certain times of the year. For one, lonely fairy, sweets become her refuge and she hides her face and toothless grin, sad to not have one friend. But, she is a generous and sweet-loving fairy. Her greatest fear is that her face is full of warts and her nub of a nose will be cause for rejection. She watches the children have fun in the streets of summer and she wishes that she could befriend them, but she is too afraid to make the first approach. What if they are scared? What if they don’t like her? On one day, as Autumn begins she looks down at the children and they are dressed in scary outfits—they look like ghouls and ghosts, witches and warlocks, and even fairies. She is baffled and surprised that the children are not scared of each other and of their selves. She thought that looking scary meant that no one would want to be her friend. She has a realization—perhaps being scary is not all that bad. So a wistful plan is formed. But will her plan lead to new friends or heartbreak?
Skeeter Buck {Creator} is the founder of Night River Press and the creator of The Toothless Fairy. She holds advanced degrees from John F. Kennedy University (California) and Naropa University (Colorado) and has over 25 years of experience in organizational management, organizational psychology and environmental leadership. Skeeter resides in both Northern California and Colorado with her wife Alexandra and their son Daniel. Daniel was her inspiration for The Toothless Fairy. One of her greatest experiences as a parent has been watching her son learn to read. When she is not hanging out with her lovely family you can find her on the golf course, snow and water skiing or kayaking with her dogs Lucy and Gracie
Before we moved too far along in this writing project, we conducted three focus groups with kids and parents.
All we had was 150 words of the manuscript, which reads much different now than it did then.
Our first two focus groups were conducted in a homeschool center with pre-schoolers and their parents, and the other was in a public library.
We wanted to get a sense of not only how the words and storyline were landing, but also about the visuals that didn't exist at this stage.
One of the first questions we were asked by the kids is "...where does she live..." so, we knew we need to address that question straight away.
Hence, you see her living in a treehouse made of candy.
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