According to legend the way to see fairies is to look through a knothole; and when a Yorkshire family tries it, the boy sees a wee frisky man, his mother a neat servant elf, and his father a wild hairy goblin.
Relates the feud of the last two elves in Denmark and tells how there came to be only one.
A twenty-room inherited house becomes home for Katie John, her family, and the people to whom they've rented rooms.
A ball of twine becomes a hero in this tale of a mountain lady who saves string.
