• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

  • Fairyland, Book 1
  • By: Catherynne M. Valente
  • Narrated by: Catherynne M. Valente
  • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (751 ratings)

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

By: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrated by: Catherynne M. Valente
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Publisher's summary

September is a girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of course she accepts. (Mightn’t you?) But Fairyland is in turmoil, and it will take one 12-year-old girl, a book-loving dragon, and a strange and almost human boy named Saturday to vanquish an evil Marquess and restore order.

©2011 Catherynne M. Valente (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"This is a kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by way of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - it's the sort of book one doesn't want to end." ( Publisher's Weekly)

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Great listen!

What a richness and flavor Valente brings to the table. I'm always very fond of author narration.

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Great Book

This is a great book which is full of memorable moments which are very fun to re-experience in audio form. I do, however, recommend a print version for the first read.

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beautiful, snarky, self aware story

this book is the best INFP book I've found yet, and the author reads it perfectly.

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loved the book. it's wordy

loved this story! it's very wordy, so Having the physical copy to look at for my children was incredibly helpful. There are so many juicy words and description in this book look that it actually makes you stop and think about the visual in your brain. As others mentioned the narration narration was just just plain narration. Which does not bother me in the slightest. For my children it is helpful when there is differentiation in branches in different character voices. So that would be my only real critique.

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Welcome to Fairyland

A charming and very creative story.
The writing is Excellent.
Imaginative and whimsical.
I was completely captivated by the story and the reading.

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Loved it for a car ride!

I needed something in the car for camping road trips I take with my kids - ages 7, 14, 17, & 18... see the problem? My 7 year old loved it - even though I don't think she was actively listening she picked up on stuff (the shadow - we now check to make sure we have ours) and she wants to know what happens in the next book. The rest of the kids listened on and off - yet when they came back they would feel left out and like they "missed" something and bummed! So I will be getting the 2nd book to continue as we go camping a lot! As an adult, I loved it... I listen to audio books constantly and was happy that this "fairy-tale" captured my attention to the point I wanted to drive again.

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My absolute favorite series!

If you like a series of unfortunate events, you'll like this. they are nowhere near each other in the storyline, but the mystery and suspense is similar. the wording that the author utilizes is spectacular, and would be a great book for older children to help build vocabulary. 10/10

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Alice In Wonderland meets Neverwhere

Looking forward to the rest of the series, very eloquently written. Dark human nature truths mixed in with children's fairytale charm.

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A great tale for those who love such things

A great listen, the author reading gives just the right emphasis, where it needs to be. I enjoyed this, and the tilt Catherine M Valiente brings to the 'common' fairy tales is marvelous.
But I could feel she was a bit new to the task of narration, but by the end of the production she was sailing along: in a ship of her own making indeed!

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Phenomenal

This is one of my favorite books in the whole world! I ran out of time to read (being an adult and all) and I was very nervous to start doing audio books, but this did not disappoint! Read this book and have it read to you and to your whole family. Nothing brings people together like a good story. :)

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