The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human cond — Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
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The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all have for the Faerie Other.

— Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
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