Full page pictures throughout tells the story. Even the Fairies and elves look like letters of the alphabet. The Queen expects all in Fairyland to come to her annual Ball.All must wear their best clothes for judging. Fairy Buttercup helped someone in the woods and her dress is dirty and ruined. She has to go to the Queen's Ball, so Fairy Buttercup must be brave, maybe nobody will notice, especially the Queen. Not all is lost; Robin Redbreast is her friend; he will help her.