Five-year-old writes book about fairies for British charity

Five-year-old Lydia Port-Burke has self-published a fairy tale now available in the UK. Proceeds for the book will go to BBC Children in Need. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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