Emily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1973 with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Moving into a publishing career, first as a book editor, and finally as a publisher at Angus & Robertson, Rodda's first book was published in 1984.
After months of looking for this series, I finally found it again. When I was much younger I happened upon this series in an older secondhand bookshop. Unfortunately, the store closed before I was able to get my hands on the entire set so I made my father drive around the town until I had the complete series. The fact that I remember the story and characters from these novels so clearly mean they definitely left an impact on me. I kept thinking the series was called "Fairy Garden" hence why I struggled to find anything about it on the interwebs. Very glad I was able to find these books again.
Read all the stories as a whole, Enter the Realm is quite enjoyable. Obviously, I can say it considering that all the ten installments in this series here would be better. With only three of them we are in for a easy and cute read, but clearly incomplete. I wish there was an omnibus with the entire series! But mainly I like miniature horses, like Maybelle! She made this book, for me. And why does the Granny not enter the Realm anymore? Why is Rosemary not entitled to know about the Realm? I would have liked to meet other miniature horses! =D
it's cute... i mean, no literary depth or anything... but something to make you go back to pleasant memories of being a little kid... sigh. :)i just really like the cover art. :) ok... it isn't that immature... just cute. :)