This charming collection of children's/juvenile stories features fights with dragons, battles with alien creatures trying to take over the world of Gossamer, and small people mistakenly seen as 'fairies' by Earth children. These are intricately interwoven with a plot featuring real events happening in the early 20th century, culminating in an interesting read for all children. A can't-put-down book with an unrelated bonus story of a time traveller travelling back to the Edwardian age.