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The Crystal Palace: Rescue of the Baby Fairy Prince

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A few days ago my niece and I had a contest to see which of us would be the first to finish reading The Crystal Palace: Rescue of the Baby Fairy Prince. By the time we had finished reading, however, it no longer mattered which of us finished first. A story as good as this one should be savored not devoured. My niece and I found ourselves repeatedly referring back to other portions of the story, studying the delightful illustrations that were created by Hauser's talented granddaughter, and trying to do what many readers do when faced with a mystery-solve it.

The Crystal Palace is a great example of Hauser's connection to her past career as an elementary school teacher. The storyline, character development, and pacing are perfect for students in grades 3-5. Young readers can easily identify with the problems that the main characters(Karina, Emily Jean, and Katie) face. Some of the vocabulary may seem a bit advanced for the average third grade student, but once again, Hauser uses her skills as an educator to cleverly pair the rich vocabulary with enough context clues to help build a young reader's skills. Hauser also reinforces the concepts of the importance of family, teamwork, and remembering to have a bit of fun along the way-who wouldn't want a pair of glowing skates that can help you sail across a rainbow into the land of the leprechauns?

My niece's favorite character was Karina, the heroine of the story. According to her, "Karina was loving, caring, smart, and brave."
We both give the story five stars and highly recommend it for children in grades 3 through 5.

I'm always curious about new crystal and fairy books. This one came under my teacher radar on one of the discussion boards. After ordering, I was surprised at the child friendly candor and easy readability. This is a great book for struggling readers that you've tried everything with. If your child loves fairies, this will feed the need.
The story begins with a sleepover visit to grandma's. The granddaughter, Karina, takes her two good friends, Emily Jean and Katie, on a slumber party adventure. They discover that in her specially decorated bedroom of crystals a visit from her grandmother's tooth fairy, Angela, reveals a problem. The Baby Fairy Prince is missing. The girls must help Angela find him. Off on an adventure with fairy magic, rainbow travels and leprechauns, any reader will discover a safe and fantastic fairy world adventure.
This is a great book to share as a read-aloud or for independent readers.

I liked pictures in this book. I found it really interesting that the pictures were drawn by a girl the same age as me. I thought the words in the book made a good fantasy story. My sister is too young to read, so I am going to read it to her.

This is a great book for kids - especially younger kids approx. age 8-11 y/o. The subject material is interesting and age-appropriate and the pictures add to the story line.

I found this book to be great.

I would not hesitate to recommend it to family and friends.

I think it's so fabulous that a grandmother/granddaughter team wrote this book together. My daughter is too young to read it but it's exactly the kind of read aloud that she will love in a year or two once she doesn't need a picture on every page!

Great job

I love this book because it is not really short or long it is just right. I also like it because i like that it is a rescue. And I like the elf and fairy idea. And it is such a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




By Jadin Stewart

The Crystal Palace is a delightful imaginative story involving the author's granddaughter Katrina who happens to be the heroine in the story, as well as illustrating the wonderful medieval Castle and other illustrations throughout the book. The story depicts the fairy tail adventures of Katrina and her friends, has an element of good and evil, but even the evil turns out to be good. I would recommend it for ages 5-6 and all ages following.

I enjoyed the fanciful adventure featuring girls as the strong characters - rescuing the prince! and even slaying a dragon! (tho i appreciate that they did not actually kill, but wounded it enough to save the prince).... it left me hoping that there would be more adventures at The Crystal Palace for these girls..... and I liked the charming illustrations too. Loved the grandmother and granddaughter team!

"Crystal Palace" is a great book for kindergarten and up. A cute story about good vs. not so evil with exciting adventures.

The story behind the story, written by a grammy and illustrated by her granddaughter, only contribute to this delightful fantasy. A perfect book that can be read and shared by other grammys and their granddaughters. Fresh and fanciful!