![]() ![]() "When I finished writing the story," said Walters, "I was thinking about how the book should be illustrated. I knew exactly how I wanted each page to look, from the chocolate colored tree stump where the fairies lived, to the cotton candy clouds where the unicorns played. ![]() A friendly dragon sits on a chocolate boulder with a slice cut out of it and sitting on a plate with a fork - just to remind us that it really is all made of cake. Every character is unique. The cascading braid of a princess's long blonde hair drapes over the main character's little dog, while a mermaid relaxes in a waterfall of frosting. The result is a charmingbook with remarkabledetail on every page. Then every scene was meticulously photographed and laid into a beautifully illustrated background. Walters painstakingly created nearly eighty sugar sculptures, each one acting out a part of the story. Each page comes alive in a series of wonderfully-crafted cakes. Fantasticedible characters swim in the sea, sail on a pirate ship, hang out on the moon with the sandman, and enjoy many other fairy tale adventures. ![]() The most remarkable thing about the book is how Walters chose to illustrate it. Children's author Crystal Walters, who confesses to having an obsession with fairy tales, has crafted a story about a young girl who dreams of what it would be like to live in one of the fairy tales she loves so dearly. ![]()
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