A Fairy Called Stop

As the sun sets in the land of fairies a star tumbles to the ground everytime a human child is born. It summons for them to soar in the night air and flock to the crib of the baby to bestow their special gifts. Their names are Kindness or Bravery depending on the fate of each child. There is one unusual fairy though by the name of Stop. She has to give the baby a kiss after each of her sisters has endowed the child with a gift, which is a wise limit of moderation, otherwise even with the best of gifts things can go awry.

As the sun sets in the land of fairies a star tumbles to the ground everytime a human child is born. It summons for them to soar in the night air and flock to the crib of the baby to bestow their special gifts. Their names are Kindness or Bravery depending on the fate of each child. There is one unusual fairy though by the name of Stop. She has to give the baby a kiss after each of her sisters has endowed the child with a gift, which is a wise limit of moderation, otherwise even with the best of gifts things can go awry.

Helena Macree Tsavalas was born in Athens, Greece in 1915 and became a writer when she first published at the age of nine years old. Specializing in children’s books her stories generated games, dolls and puppets that she created herself. Literary contests regularly earned her first prize awards in Athens, Paris and Lausanne. After the war, she won a three-year scholarship by the French government to further her studies in Paris. Then she continued to study in seven Universities including the Sorbonne, and Columbia University. She has received testimonials from educators, artists and writing professionals on both sides of the Atlantic.