How big are fairies?

Fairies can be tiny because they live in stories. Some are as small as your thumb. Some are as tall as you. The storyteller picks.

Fairies do not have one real size, because they are pretend creatures from stories. The person telling the story gets to choose. Many fairies are tiny, like a toy that can sit in your hand. In other stories, a fairy can be as tall as a child or a grown-up.

Fairies do not have one true size because they come from folklore, which means old stories people tell and share. Since they are not real animals we can measure, each storyteller can choose. Many picture-book fairies are only a few inches tall, small enough to sit on a flower. But in older stories, some fairies look human-sized. Fun fact: some old fairy tales describe fairy queens and kings as taller than people.