The Sugar-Plumb or, Golden Fairing

"The Sugar-Plumb; or, GOLDEN FAIRING" by Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes is a delightful educational book for young children from the 1800s. It is designed to teach the alphabet through engaging rhymes and verses, while also instilling virtues, joys, and the appreciation of life's simple gifts. The book takes readers on a playful journey from A to Z, associating each letter with words and concepts that spark a child's imagination such as apples and zealots. Interwoven throughout are themes of friendship, moral guidance, and the thrill of learning new things, all culminating in a thought-provoking fable where a boy chasing a butterfly learns about the fleeting nature of chasing things that do not matter.