Books like The house above the trees by Ethel Cook Eliot
First publish date: 2003
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales, Forests, Fairies, Hepatica (Fictitious character : Eliot)
Authors: Ethel Cook Eliot
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2. [Rosalie the Rapunzel Fairy][2]
3. [Mariana the Goldilocks Fairy][3]
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[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19355670W
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20048738W
[4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20048741W
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