The Land of Stone Flowers: A Fairy Guide to the Mythical Human Being (Whimsical Books, Fairy Books, Books for Girls)

Cover Title Copyright Contents Why I Wrote this Book Preface Part 1: WHAT IS A HUMAN BEING BEING? The Inner Workings of the Human An essay Types of Human Beings Fairy Leotta Crispis’s speech What is a Human? From books Fairy Bibliomorpheya read in her dreams Where People Come From Vonteufel Bezalel’s comprehensive research About Humans, Big and Small From Fairy Saffir’s diaries Part 2: THE MAGICAL WORLD OF HUMAN HUMANS About Human Objects and Residences From the notes of Bitzchapel VonSleepy Iron Insects Little Mind-Reading Cartons Stone Flowers Glowing Boxes Singing Spirits Part 3: MORALITY AND CUSTOMS About Religion From Fitztootle Snobson’s travel observations The Topsy-Turvy World Excerpt from Fat Bigaroon’s interview with Lallapalooza Thinhorn in The Evening Grimuaria Grimuaria, Aromarch, 1967 Vandermind Bradondon’s Rebuttal Letter to the editor of The Evening Grimuaria Grimuaria, 1967 About Certain Human Beliefs Transcript from the archives of the Clinic for Untangling the Thoughts of Befuddled Philosophers Portraits of Wizards A story overheard in a garden urn Rituals and Customs Quotes from Kerr Plunk’s book The Life of the Most Commonplace People To beat sround the bush To let the cat out of the bag To bark uo the wrong tree Kick the bucket To cry over split milk A foot in the mouth Hammering Nails Gift horse On ice Make a Mountian out of a molehill Put out of mind Bear in mind Music As told About Humans’ Work From Fairy Halcion’s diary of observations on humans Dancing From Fairy Flamboya’s letter About Invisible Hats A note found What Makes Humans Laugh and Cry From The Encyclopedia of Unpleasantries Part 4: THE HUMAN LANGUAGE Wakeful Dreams Metaphrasts The Language of Lovers The Language of Clothing Part 5: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN WORLD AND THE GLIMMERING LAND About Veronika’s Hair, The White Elephant, and the Fog The Secret of Licinia’s Stolen Paintings Visiting Grideperle the Enamored Night At Fairy Elephantina’s Exhibit of Hatpoems Dear Mr. Khaft Elephantina's Story Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author Chronicle Ebooks Classic fairytales get a refreshing satirical twist in this "gem of a book" featuring "gorgeous art nouveau illustrations and imaginative tales" ( Refinery 29 ). In The Land of Stone Flowers , gnomes, pixies, and other fairy folk share tall tales of the strange and unbelievable human world and its inhabitants. Brimming with keen observations and wild assumptions on human anatomy, customs, languages, rituals, dwellings, and more, this collection is as absurd as it is astounding, examining contradictory and nonsensical human behaviors through the lens of the fantastic. The intrigued authors cover everything from the bewitching paper wizards who live in humans' wallets to their invisible hats, known as "moods," which cloud their view of the world. Bursting with intricate and evocative illustrations, The Land of Stone Flowers will draw readers into a world of fantasy and fable that slyly reveals many hidden truths about human existence. "Classic fairytales get a refreshing satirical twist in this collection of illustrated stories in which gnomes, pixies, and other fairy folk share tall tales of the strange and unbelievable human world and its inhabitants. Brimming with keen observations and wild assumptions on human anatomy, customs, languages, rituals, dwellings, and more, The Land of Stone Flowers is as absurd as it is astounding, examining contradictory and nonsensical human behaviors through the lens of the fantastic: from the bewitching paper wizards who live in humans' wallets to their invisible hats, known as "moods," which cloud their view of the world. Bursting with intricate and evocative illustrations, The Land of Stone Flowers will draw readers into a world of fantasy and fable that slyly reveals many hidden truths about human existence" -- Amazon.com Classic fairytales get a refreshing satirical twist in this collection of illustrated stories in which gnomes, pixies, and other fairy folk share tall tales of the strange and unbelievable human world and its inhabitants. Brimming with keen observations and wild assumptions on human anatomy, customs, languages, rituals, dwellings, and more,this is as absurd as it is astounding, examining contradictory and nonsensical human behaviors through the lens of the fantastic, from the bewitching paper wizards who live in humans' wallets to their invisible hats, known as moods, which cloud their view of the world. Bursting with intricate and evocative illustrations, this book will draw readers into a world of fantasy and fable that slyly reveals many hidden truths about human existence