Fara the Soccer Fairy

Soccer fans rejoice in this fractured fairy tale about finding confidence in what brings you joy.

In this winsome rhyming story, a young fairy named Fara loves soccer but doesn’t believe in herself — especially when the kingdom’s naysayers think that fairies have no business “flicking a ball.” What is a budding fairy soccer champ to do?

Full of imaginative imagery, laughs, bold art, and nods to well-known fairy tales, Fara the Soccer Fairy is a pitch perfect picture book about confidence and following what’s in your heart.

"...Small of size but bursting with personality in Avgustinovich’s painterly illustrations, Fara—depicted with brown skin, tight cornrows, and diaphanous wings—likes nothing better than “to PICK UP / and FLICK UP / and KICK UP a ball! ...Upbeat text and energetic visuals combine for a goofy fractured fairy tale ideal for sports fans. Most of the human figures in the illustrations are, like Fara, dark-skinned. Shoots and scores on behalf of ball players of all sizes." -Kirkus Reviews (March 2025)

Elli Woollard is a children’s picture book author and poet. Her snappy rhymes, catchy rhythms, and witty stories are on full display in her books The Giant of Jum, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, and The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight. Elli lives in London with her four children, her husband and two guinea pigs.