Customer Reviews

Pearl the Cloud Fairy

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We've been struggling for a way to get my daughter to read now that she's run out of Junie B. Jones books. The Weather Fairies books have done the trick. She seems to enjoy reading again for the first time in half a year or more.

I have to say I haven't read any of the Weather Fairies myself but I caught my twelve-year-old son reading the series because his sister had obviously liked it. He said he wanted to read more, too.

great imaginative series with descriptive words that my little girl loved. it can get a bit repetitive as they repeat the main premise in each book of the group in case someone hasnt read the last one...

all in all, she couldnt wait for the next fairy book to come out!

hits all the right buttons.

We got the set of Fairy books to give as a gift. My 5 y.o. daughter started to read them, and she was hooked. I had to get her own set. I can't believe I didn't hear about this series until a few weeks ago. I read to her at first, but now she reads on her own. She reads this every day, so of course I am a happy parent. It helps to read the books (7 total) in series, but I don't think it is necessary. In the end, the books will be read over and over, and I let my daughter make the connections herself. Great for the imagination.

Daughter was given one of the Rainbow Magic Fairies books in her class book club toward the end of first grade, and it is the first chapter book she was fascinated by and was motivated to read all the way through. She wanted more of the Rainbow Fairy books so got several. They are cookie cutter similar to each other and hardly great literature, but since it was the first chapter book she was attracted to, I gave it four stars for that.

This is the second series of "Rainbow Magic" fairy books written by Daisy Meadows, picking up where the seven-part Rainbow Fairies series left off. These books are innocent and engaging, focusing on two young girls, Kirsty and Rachel, who meet while on vacation with their parents, and are drawn into the magical world of the fairies, who are in conflict with the mischievous Jack Frost. The structure of this series is nearly identical to the first: the girls are given a quest in which they must help seven fairies (each with sparkles aplenty and cute, super-girly outfits and princess-y names such as Hayley, Heather, Iris, Amber and Iris... ) who have been bothered by Jack and his goblin helpers. In each book they complete one part of the quest and meet one new fairy.

It is important to know going in that these books are interconnected -- each individual volume ties in with the others, so you will want to start with book #1, then go on to #2, etc. The plots are not very complicated, but they do make reference to each other, and the idea is to read them all together.

The other thing to know is that these books are not very scary or troubling - there is action, but no violence and not much real danger (the goblins are easily beaten, and not very frightening) so if you are looking for longer narratives for young kids to read, but don't want anything disturbing, this series is good option. One criticism is that the books are pretty WASP-y, and while a couple of the fairies might be seen as Asian, basically the entire series takes place in an all-white, middle-class world, populated with thin, blonde girls and a few brunettes. Other than that, though, this is a good series for families looking for light, engaging, age-appropriate stories. (ReadThatAgain children's book reviews)

My daughter never really wanted to read on her own much at all. She read this book from cover-to-cover in a short time. She cannot wait to read the rest of them, and is so proud of herself! This is a great series for girls who are early readers!