(Her father was Johnny Green, a Hollywood composer and arranger. Babbie Green is a good friend and professional musician. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown and Company (Inc.). This mammoth collection was my second song book. Illustrations copyright (c) 1997 by Jane Dyer. So if one lucky Hallow's Eve You hear the night birds sing And see a child of faerie guise With bright and gauzy wing A-flutter in a moonlit glade And all arrayed In silver shade, Be bold, be brave, be unafraid, And join that faerie ring.ĬREDIT: Excerpt from CHILD OF FAERIE, CHILD OF EARTH by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jane Dyer. And though the years flew quickly past, They were friends fast, From first to last, Which left all skeptics flabbergast At how they did so well.

But now and then, they visited, Helped by a faerie spell. As she attempts to install him there, she tangles with. The gifts exchanged, they each went back To homes they loved full well. Rounds about Rounds by Yolen, Jane Former library book Pages can have notes/highlighting. In Yolens spellbinding twist on the Round Table legend, Morgause feels that her 17-year-old son Gawaine belongs on the throne of England. I had to run after him every now and then to keep up and my short, round shadow bumped after me. That we may both go arm in arm And fear no harm, Nor take alarm When visiting in hall or farm (Or other lands beside).' 'I give you this that comes from that,' The faerie child replied, 'The egg and feather both shall serve As token and as guide. Then in return, he touched the shell, And with a spell Of fare-thee-well Extracted from that fragile shell A feather to remind.

At last she found a fresh hen's egg A gift from humankind So he'd remember earth and toil When he'd left both behind.

Rounds about Rounds by Jane Yolen