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Lari Don
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It’s less than a month until the launch of Maze Running, the fourth and final book in the First Aid for Fairies series.
The fourth and FINAL book.
And right now, I’m asking myself: Why is it the final book? This is a successful series, with lots of fans, with recognisably stunning covers, set in a world where I could easily have found dozens more adventures. So why have I stopped?
Was I bored? (No...
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First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts
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Wolf Notes and Other Musical Mishaps
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Storm Singing and Other Tangled Tasks
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Rocking Horse War
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How to Make a Heron Happy
by Lari Don (Goodreads Author), Nicola O'Byrne 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Animal Stories 2: Never Trust a Tiger PB
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Animal Stories 1: The Tortoise's Gift PB
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Little Red Riding Hood PB W CD
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Little Red Riding Hood Hc W CD
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Drawing a Veil
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"Yes! Same here! The volume I have is cracked and falling apart from love, and also slightly too heavy to read comfortably in the bath. But it contains...more
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So I've just added a new book to the list of Books by Lari Don for the first time (my new picture book - Orange Juice Peas) which was quite a thrill! But I've also failed to add a picture of the rather lovely cover, which was a bit of a disappointment. Anyone got any suggestions of how to do that?
I'm sure if this box is for me to comment on my own page, but it seems like a convenient place to say: I realise that I'm giving either 4 or 5 stars to every book I review. This is NOT because I am incapable of telling a bad book from a good one, nor because I am amazingly expert at picking only excellent books to read, nor even because as an author, I don't want to be rude about other authors. It's because I'm not bothering to put up books on Goodreads that I wouldn't happily recommend to my best friend! So, if it's here and I've given it 4 or 5 stars, it's because I loved it. You can't see the pile of books by my bed which I'm not telling you about!
