No matter where you are, you’re never far from a door to the Otherworld …
From the bloodthirsty baobhan sith of the Scottish Highlands to the mischievous trasgu creeping beneath your floorboards, the world is teeming with hidden, magical beings.
The Fairy Spotter’s Guide is your essential companion for navigating the world of the uncanny. Journey across continents and cultures as you uncover the origins – both real and mythological – of 80 extraordinary folk creatures, from mermaids and bigfoot to shapeshifters and spectral hounds.
Packed with over 80 original, spellbinding illustrations and written by a leading expert in fairy tales and folklore, this is no ordinary field guide. Whether you’re a seasoned cryptid hunter or a curious newcomer, this beautifully crafted book will enchant, unnerve and utterly captivate.
Watch your step. Not all fairies are friendly.
From the bloodthirsty baobhan sith of the Scottish Highlands to the mischievous trasgu creeping beneath your floorboards, the world is teeming with hidden, magical beings.
The Fairy Spotter’s Guide is your essential companion for navigating the world of the uncanny. Journey across continents and cultures as you uncover the origins – both real and mythological – of 80 extraordinary folk creatures, from mermaids and bigfoot to shapeshifters and spectral hounds.
Packed with over 80 original, spellbinding illustrations and written by a leading expert in fairy tales and folklore, this is no ordinary field guide. Whether you’re a seasoned cryptid hunter or a curious newcomer, this beautifully crafted book will enchant, unnerve and utterly captivate.
Watch your step. Not all fairies are friendly.
Reviews
A book of mischievous scope: a dazzling fairy ball compressed between lovely covers. Yet every uncanny being described reaches out with icy, nimble little fingers to play tricks with your heart. Strange, surprising and frighteningly hard to put down.
Elizabeth Dearnley provides a uniquely wide-ranging and truly global guide to the fairy realm, accompanied by haunting and thought-provoking illustrations, that will intrigue and captivate but also educate its readers about the depth of folklore across cultures.
Enchanting and immersive. Elizabeth Dearnley is one of the foremost experts on fairies and her field guide validates the sense that there's more to this world than meets the eye. The Fairy Spotter's Guide is a book to be treasured by adults and children alike.
Introducing a menagerie of marvellous beasts and a gallery of extragavantly strange beings, from Abada to Yowie. The Fairy Spotter's Guide is a delight. Its splendid illustrations and expertly researched prose open up a truly global cast of the mythical and supernatural creatures.
One of those wonderful books you find yourself picking up again and again. You can dip in and out, open the book completely at random and you will discover a fairy, imp, goblin or shapeshifter anew! Every spread, an insightful and beautifully written piece accompanied by an enchanting illustration. You don't need long with it to come away feeling you've taken a bit of the magic with you.