This will be fairly vague (sorry!) When I was little (late 70s/early 80s) I had a book that was about a little girl that goes to a fairy or elf wedding. The things that stick in my mind are that it had these really amazing illustrations and a Lupine Fairy who had blue hair that swirled all around her head, there were also fairies who were parachuting in on milkweed fluff. The husband fairy (elf?) had long pointy ears and a crooked nose… Unfortunately that’s all I can remember, none of the actual story except that it is all about them getting prepared for the wedding but it’s one of those things that pops into my mind occasionally and I’ve never been able to figure out what book it is. Any help would be amazing!!
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That would be “Adventures by Leaf Light” by Moyra Caldecott, with illustrations by the fabulous Lyn & Bill Teeple. It was originally published by Green Tiger Press in 1978. Copies are pretty easy to get online. The wedding is just one chapter of Josie’s many encounters with the “Secret People”. It was reprinted in 2007, but without the Teeples’ illustrations. Good luck!
Melanthe Alexian, how absolutely perfect, that is exactly it. You are SO fabulous, I can’t thank you enough for finding this and responding. May tons of good book karma be headed your way!
I am so glad for you! Adventures by Leaf Light is a little-known, almost forgotten classic. The original version, with the Teeples’ illustrations, should be in every child’s (and adult’s) library. She wrote many other books, mostly based on classical mythology and legends. Thank you for your kind wishes, and may you be blessed with the same.