Elves Books

This is a great book of short stories about elves, fairies, and other mythical creatures. It includes some well known stories, and others I haven't found anywhere else. Well done illustrations. A childhood favorite!

Pay no attention to the "recommended age" above - this little booklet of stickers is ageless. Most of the stickers are not so "sweet" as Darcy May's fairy drawings, but are comical and charming. I like 'em. Great for sticking on notes to people who take themselves too seriously, as well as for sending to those who simply have a good sense of fun. ...Enjoy!

Exactly as I remember as a child. Delightful illustrations throughout to aid the imagination. Wonderful fairy tale to feed the soul of a child or child at heart. Makes a person smile. Large type - easy reading.

Old fairy tale I remember from my childhood and now I purchased for my great niece!

I was very satisfied with the product and how quickly it was received.

Illustrated by Hilda Miloche, with pictures that invite repeat viewing! Very hard to find copy of the classic story, well done. Great deal, highly recommended.

This book is very interesting. Big Bertha has stolen the recipes from Mrs. Claus, and the elves make a plan to get them back. There's not one dull sentence in this book, and there's a really good surprise at the end!

I actually first read this book (unbeknown to its author) in its earlier form as an academic dissertation for Hall's PhD at the University of Glasgow. It traces -- quite thoroughly -- the history of the concept of the elf through the Old English (as ælfe) and Old Norse (as álfar) traditions. I enjoyed it very much and put the book you are now considering on my wish-list straight away.

Given the scope implicit in the title, Hall omits parallel study of elves in other, related Germanic literary traditions (not to mention Celtic), only touching on them in a brief appendix on Germanic cognates (purely linguistic in scope). For a glimpse of these other traditions, see Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, Chapter XVII. But his coverage of OE / ON elves is wonderful. Hall wisely includes onomastics in his study (how many casual readers would otherwise realize that names like "Alfred" included a reference to elves?). He also examines medieval medical texts (addressing the famous -- or infamous -- matter of "elf-shot"). And of course, he ranges all over the literary record of these curious and semi-legendary beings.

For many readers, the material may be much too much. If you're a casual reader, simply interested in elves (as, say, a fan of fantasy literature), then this is surely not the book for you. Even for some academic readers, the level of technical detail may be intimidating. But for serious scholars of the medieval tradition of elves (if Hall is not in fact the first such specialist to be quite so dedicated :), it's an essential new study. Highly recommended!

My 10 year old son hated to read. The Elves of Owls Head Mountain was given to him and he could not put it down. I pick him up from school and HE IS READING FOR THE SIX MINUTES it takes in the car to get home!! I cannot tell you how wonderful it is that he has discovered the wonders of a good book. He say he loves it, loves everything about it.

If your son (or daughter) likes fairy tales, folk stories, Dungeons and Dragons you must give them this book to read. My son says there is a series of three- my son is looking forward to them all. Buying the other two and thought I would let others know about this wonderful book.

What ever it is it led my son to a READING FRENZY that I thought would have been impossible.


many thanks to authors Jamie Sutliffe and Kevin Evans for a truly it seems- amazing book.