Anne of Green Gables hidden in Mumbai, India The Hobbit hidden in Eileansiar, Scotland Pride and Prejudice hidden in Hampshire
We were blown away by the engagement from book fairies around the world as we celebrated our third year of Book Fairy Classics weekend!
Dracula in Bradford UK Daniel Defoe in Scotland Emily Dickinson in Ohio
What is Book Fairy Classics?
The reason for this event is to share our favourite ‘classic’ novels and, of course, hide them in public! You can never underestimate how much fun it is to look for a book, and our book fairies were leaving clues all over the place, of where to find their gifts.
A classic waits at a Toulouse statue The Great Gatsby hides in North Carolina The Secret Garden in Saskatchewan
What is considered a classic book?
Well, this is a (not so) hotly debated topic. We are reliably sold classics in bookshops, as they are labelled so, most often with the author having been dead for quite some time. However, we believe that YOU can decide what is a classic! We were just thrilled to see the variety of books hidden as part of #BookFairyClassics last weekend.

Book Fairy Classics went truly worldwide
We were thrilled to see books being hidden from France to Australia, from India to the UK, from South Africa to Spain.
El Decameron in Barcelona Alice in Wonderland hides in Bangalore The Old Curiosity Shop hidden in Ireland
We loved seeing so many book fairies around the world getting involved. We have included a tonne of pics here, but the best way to see them all is to head to #bookfairyclassics on instagram!
King Solomon’s Mines left in Perth, Australia Mansfield Park left in Saskatchewan, Canada Pigs Have Wings left in Durban, South Africa Lady Chatterley’s lover left in Barcelona Madame Bovary hides in Switzerland Jane Eyre hidden in Bogota, Colombia
A beautiful note from a book finder
One of the book fairies in Bradford, UK, was so happy to see this note, left at the very spot she hid a Book Fairy classic at the weekend! The book is now travelling across the channel and over to Germany for the next leg of its trip.
We launched a Little Women Readathon!
For the first time ever, The Book Fairies have launched a readathon! To encourage people around the world to pick up Little Women prior to the film release at Christmas, we launched #bookfairyreadathon and would love for as many people as possible to join!
Will you be joining our readathon?
Use the hashtag #bookfairyreadathon to see who’s joining in and to share a pic of your copy of Little Women!
Want to spread the magic?
Anyone can be a book fairy! Book fairies hide treats around the world every day, not just on themed events. You can get started with your first pack of stickers and some other goodies!
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Stickers – English£4.00