The Night Fairy

By Laura Amy Schlitz

When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently.

Genre: Fantasy
117 pages



sample questions

Who is the illustrator? Angela Barrett

What time of day was Flory born? A little before midnight

When is Flory’s magic the strongest? A little before midnight

How long can fairies live? hundreds of years

What color shadow does Flory cast? Silver

Why do fairies cast a silver shadow? To help them hide in the moonlight

What color are Flory’s wings? Light green

What is on Flory’s light green wings? Moons

Are fairy mothers good? No

How long does a fairy baby drink milk? Three days

What does a fairy drink after they stop drinking milk? Dew

What do fairies eat? Nectar

On what day of their lives do fairies fly away from home? 7

On the night of Flory’s peril, what animal “crunched up her wings”? A bat

After crunching her wings, what does the little bat say to Flory? “I’m sorry.”

What kind of tree did Flory land on? Cherry

Who had planted the trees that Flory fell onto? A giant

How did Flory know that a giant had planted the trees she fell into? They were too close together.

How do fairies sleep? On their sides.

What kinds of flowers does Flory first see when she awakens in the wren house? Tulips

What type of fairies are described as “daredevils”? Night Fairies

What did Flory cover the bottom of the wren house with? Cherry Blossoms

What did Flory do to the cherry blossoms so they wouldn’t wilt? She casted a spell over them.

When Flory first sees the giantess, what color are her braids? White What does she have on her feet? Slippers

What did Flory use to make baskets? Blades of grass

What did Flory use to make a dress? Cherry blossoms

Flory wants to make a dagger from what? A thorn

What animal does Flory cast the stinging spell on -- it’s her first time she uses a spell? A squirrel

What does Flory use to make a rope bridge? Cobwebs

What does Flory name the squirrel? Skuggle

What is the fairy word for squirrel? Skug

From what tree does Flory make her dagger? Thorn apple

How did Flory describe the butterflies and why she didn’t want to ride them? They are absentminded.

What bird does Flory see that she wants to fly on? A hummingbird

What color is the liquid in the feeder? Red

What does Skuggle think the giantess puts out the red water? She wants to eat them.

Why does Skuggle think the giantess wants to eat them? He has seen bird bones in her trash.

What does Flory stuff in her ears to keep out the sound of bats? Cobwebs

How many hummingbirds visit the feeder? 4 (3 males and one female)

Why does Flory like the male hummingbirds best? They have a red patch on their throats.

What did Flory use to make her hammock? A lily leaf

How does Flory dry cherries? She uses a drying spell.

What bird alerts Flory that a hummingbird is trapped in a spider web? A blue jay

What promise does Flory want the hummingbird to make before freeing her from the web? To let her ride on her back

Why did the hummingbird insist that she couldn’t give Flory rides? She has eggs.

What does Flory promise the hummingbird? To warm her eggs

What does Flory give Skuggle to help her? Cherries and sunflower seeds

How many eggs are in the hummingbird’s nest? Two: a boy and a girl

What color is the spider’s body? Bllack and yellow

How many eyes does the spider have? 8

Why does the spider tell Flory she won’t eat a fairy? It’s bad luck

What’s the state called that hummingbirds go into when they run out of strength? Torpor

The spider tells Flory which threads are the sticky ones? The cross threads

What animal came to help Flory fight the raccoon? A bat

What does the bat confess to Flory? That he was responsible for her broken wings and then he apologized

What does the bat point out to Flory about her wings? They’re growing back. They do so as her magic gets stronger.

What is the bat’s name? Peregrine

What does “Peregrine” mean? Traveler

What does Flory call Peregrine? Perry

Who gives Flory her first ride? The hummingbird

Who else offers to give Flory a ride? Peregrine

What does Skuggle want at the end of the book? Cherries

In Which Book

IWB are godmothers better than actual mothers?

IWB can characters walk and talk right after they’re born?

IWB does a character land on a cherry tree?

IWB do giants make homes for birds in trees?

IWB is there “A Souvenir from Niagara Falls?”

IWB does a character sleep in a wren house?

IWB does a character make a dress of cherry blossoms so she blends in?

IWB is a character surprised that birds eat seeds out of a clear tube?

IWB does a character make baskets with blades of grass?

IWB does a character make a dress out of cherry blossoms?

IWB does a character announce she isn’t afraid of giants?

IBW does a character announce she hates bats?

IWB does a character make a rope bridge out of cobwebs?

IWB does a character help another character figure out how to get seeds from a bird feeder?

IWB is a praying mantis able to harm a character?

IWB does a character cast a spell of comfort?

IWB does a character persuade a spider to release a hummingbird from a web?