Lavender's Midsummer Mix-Up (Flower Fairies) (Paperback)

by Cicely Mary Barker (Author) "Phew!" Lavender heaved a huge sigh of relief and flopped down on a mossy hillock..." (more)
Key Phrases: Flower Fairies, Midsummer Party, Flower Fairy Garden

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Product Description
Lavender is busy getting all the Flower Fairy outfits washed and ready for the highlight of the Flower Fairy year— the Midsummer Party! After she’s finished, she starts to play a fun game of hide and seek with all her fairy friends. Suddenly she hears children’s voices nearby— and the Flower Fairies are in danger of being seen! Can Lavender manage to save the day and divert the children away from Fairyopolis? And can the Midsummer Party still take place?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Warne (April 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723257736
• ISBN-13: 978-0723257738
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #252,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Girls and I Enjoyed It, April 16, 2008

By	Korrie Boden - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My niece also liked this book. It is a simple story but told in an old-fashioned way with flowery and sometimes challenging language. And we like that in children's books. This encourages children to ask questions or look for the answers themselves when they don't understand something. I have strong objections to children's literature being changed into schoolbooks. They would have never published books like the Little House series or any of the Roald Dahl books or even E.B. White's books if they had decided to make them perfect as far as level of vocabulary for certain ages. If a school computer program is telling a teacher this is too hard of a book for a first or second grader, that doesn't mean the language should change. I think the trend of making things too easy is very bad for children's literature. I'm glad some writers and pubishers aren't going along with this, such as with some nice picture books that are out like Skippyjon Jones and Angelina Ballerina. Those don't have simple language like the ones geared to teaching kids to read sentences and building their vocabulary.

This book has a good story, and we love the way it is told, particularly the language. However, the inside illustrations are not reflective of Barker art we have come to love. They are simple black and white drawings without much detail and certainly not at all similar to the picture on the cover. If you are looking for Barker art, then the paper dolls book or sticker books would be a better bet.

Other fairy series books we are enjoying:
Primrose and the Magic Snowglobe (Fairy Chronicles)
Katie The Kitten Fairy (Pet Fairies)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely books for younger listeners or young Able readers, February 26, 2008

By	Alaska furry puppy "mamoore" - See all my reviews

The interest level of these books is aimed at lower grades, the stories are pleasant, not violent, scary or obnoxious. The vocabulary/text level is much higher.It is not simple or dumbed down to be a 'reader'.On the ar web site this series have reading levels that range from 5 to 6.3 and this text is a 6.2

This book is great for very able younger readers, and we have bought them for 5 and 7 years old girls who started to read early and read fluently but need age appropriate stories and they LOVE them and gobble them up.

So a good listen for younger children and a good read for advanced younger readers.

The Daisy meadows series of Rainbow magic fairy books are great reads at ar reading level 3 up

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip this book, September 17, 2006

By	KC (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lavender's Midsummer Mix-Up (Paperback)

I started reading this book to my 7 year old daughter. We didn't make it through the first chapter. It appears to be about 2nd grade reading level from the number of words on the page, wide spacing of the type, and ample illustrations. The plot, about a fairy who loves to do laundry and ultimately helps save the day, also wouldn't appeal to girls much older than 7 or 8. But the vocabularly and very lengthy sentences are way too advanced for this audience. My daughter had a difficult time following when I was reading. It would be even harder for a young reader to read herself. Some of the challenging vocabulary words include tentatively, queue, dispiritedly, infectious and oblige. There's just too much of a gap between the level of the plot and the reading level in this book. I'd recommend skipping it.