Hi crunchybun,
I believe the book you remember is called "Weeny Witch".
"After the witches capture the night fairies, Weeny Witch helps them
escape and discovers that she too is a night fairy, stolen years
before by the witches."
Author: DeLage, Ida.
Title: Weeny Witch / by Ida DeLage ; pictures by Kelly Oechsli.
Published: New York : Chelsea Juniors, [1991], c1968.
Series: The Old witch series
The following is a description of the book remembered by another
person who was also looking for it:
"It is about a young, kind-hearted witch girl who is scorned and
worked as a drudge by her evil witch guardians. She doesn't fit in;
she can't get excited about their wicked schemes or learn to hate the
beautiful winged star fairies (moon fairies?) who live up in the
heavens. Sometimes the star (moon?) fairies fly down to earth,
(perhaps descending in the moonbeams or in the starlight.) One evening
the jealous hags hatch a plot and manage to capture the star (moon?)
fairies in thick nets of cobwebs. Windy (Wendy?) Witch sees the plight
of the fairies and cannot bear it. She cries, "I'll save you, star
fairies!" and uses her ever-present broom to sweep away the cobweb
nets. As the fairies escape, the enraged witches charge at Windy Witch
-- but the fairies grab her hands and fly away, taking her up into
their ethereal home. There, before the queen of the fairies, Windy
pleads to be allowed to stay with them forever. Regretfully, the queen
tells her it is not possible, since only those born of star fairies
may live there. Then the queen notices the moon-shaped (heart-shaped?)
birthmarks on Windy's palms. The queen exclaims aloud and announces
that Windy is not a true witch, after all, but a fairy child who had
been stolen at birth by the witches. Windy is given a pair of wings
and beautiful fairy clothes, and the fairies joyfully welcome their
long-lost relative back to her true home in the skies."
Source: Loganberry Books
http://www.logan.com/loganberry/solved-w.html
You can purchase "Weeny Witch" at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811640523
Search criteria:
"children's book" witches found "little girl" fairy wings
book girl "found by" witches fairy wings
book "little girl" witches found fairy wings
book OR story "little girl" "adopted by" fairy witches
"children's book" "she is really a fairy"
"weeny witch"
I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer, or believe this is not the book you are looking
for, please don?t hesitate to ask for further assistance before
rating.
Best regards,
Rainbow-ga |
