Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord?

Related: England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780763638108
• Author: Farjeon, Eleanor
• Illustrator: Voake, Charlotte
• Published: 2008, Candlewick
• Themes: Fairy, Greed, Magic, Nature, talent
• Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 48