Book Review: Sweetheart Fairies -- Daisy's Rainbow Picnic by Katie Peters

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Sweetheart Fairies -- Daisy's Rainbow Picnic

Author: Katie Peters
Illustrations: Sanja Rescek

Published in 2008 by Scholastic Children's Books
ISBN10: 0439944767       ISBN13: 9789439944762

This book is about Fairy Daisy and her friends baking goodies for their afternoon picnic.

Each page features a different sparkly fruit flip-up flap that hides beneath it a special dessert that each of her friends is bringing along. Daisy used raspberries, Jasmine a peach, Rosies cherries and Lily  blueberries. Doesn't each sounds so delicious and yummy. A story about friendship, hope and love.

It was a nice surprise to find out what had been freshly made and even though it was a secret written under the flap most were easy to guess. 

I found the graphics very pretty and the storyline is super cute that keeps the reader engaged right to the last page.

Each Sweetheart Fairy is dressed in little dresses matching the colour of the fruit that they used for their dessert. They each have a sparkly set of leaf wings, shoes and lacy trims on their gowns. Plus, each page features wee critters from butterflies to ants to caterpillars to dragonflies too! Each of these are just as sparkly as their Fairy friend. 

The graphics by Sanja is definitely the reason why I purchased this 6 paged hardcovered picture book. The raised sparkles makes this book fall within my guidelines under the touch and feel category. 

You can purchase this book through your local bookstore. I did take a look through most of the larger on-line bookstores but either they were all very expensive or out-of-stock.

Daisy's Rainbow Picnic is just one of four in this set of board books. The other titles being Jasmine's Sparkly Surprise, Rosie's Magical Hide-and-Seek and Lily's Twinkle Bedtime. Be sure to check out these other books in this series. 

Book Review: Flower Fairies Friends -- How to Host a Flower Fairy Tea Party by Frederick Warne

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Flower Fairies Friends -- How to Host a Flower Fairy Tea Party

Author: Frederick Warne
Illustrations: Cicely Mary Barker

Published in 2005 by Warne Frederick & Company
ISBN10: 0723253609     ISBN13: 9780723253600


Have you ever been invited to a tea party? Have you ever hosted a tea party? How about having a guide book what was actually written by fairies for such an occasion. Well, in this book you will find help from the Kingcup Fairy and pretty Fairies who will help you throw the perfect tea party.



Here are a few secrets from the fairies to you...

The first project you get to make is butterfly invitations, the perfect way to share-the-date.

Everyone loves snacks so Fairy Strawberry shares her favourite Baked Strawberry Recipe and Fairy Holly suggests Christmas Tree Toasties for those tea parties held during the holiday season.

The Pink Fairies share decoration ideas, like tissue carnations, Candytuft's name cards and Pansy's Chair Wings.

Fairies Tansy, Guelder Rose and Kingcup help you with your fairy fashions ranging from outfits to tiara's and floral crowns. Oh and you can't forget, the yarn pom-poms for your shoes!

The last project is to make pop-up cards to say thank you to all of your fairy guests who attended.

In the very back of the book, Fairy Lavender includes a space for you to record all of your special memories.

This book is filled with beautiful patterns, instructions, ideas, 40+ stickers and a party planner list to help you along the way.




You can purchase this book through your local bookstore or on-line through Indigo.ca or Amazon.com. Be sure to check out the other three books written by Frederick Warne and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker in this Flower Fairies Friends Collection.




Whether is be midsummer or during the winter holiday season, this book will help you host the perfect tea party for all of your fairy friends.

Book Review: What Kind of Fairy is Merry Berry?

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What Kind of Fairy is Merry Berry?

Author: Lindsey Renee
Illustrator: Lindsey Renee & Susan Reagan

Originally Published in 2010 by Chronicle Books
ISBN 9780811876858

... all you need to do is believe in yourself and your true fairy will emerge.


This story takes place in Lulaland where Merry Berry lives with her cat Pom Pom and she is about to take an adventure of a lifetime.


Merry Berry goes for a walk and finds herself is a very special neighbourhood, one she had never seen before. Meeting new friends along the way she is told the secret of what it takes to become a fairy. She couldn't believe that after her magical day she could have yet another surprise, a visit from her Guardian Angel's. These fairies help explain in more detail what Merry Berry needs to do to earn her wings. So she slowly drifts off to sleep (not without a lot trouble though) where she dreams of the things she loves to do. After sharing her special gift with her friends, Merry Berry's wishes comes true and a she receives a wonderful gift of a shimmering dress, sparkly slippers, a pretty bracelet, a magical wand and best of all the most beautiful fairy wings ever. What more could a girl ask for?

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This book is filled with colourful drawings and has splashes of sparkles throughout. The moral behind the story is one that is common sense and makes it easy to believe that becoming a fairy really can happen. And can't it after all? Don't we all have something special inside of us that makes us unique and different, of course we do.


Now tell me, what kind of fairy are you?



You can purchase this book through your local bookstore or online through Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.

Book Review: Pretty Petals Trilogy by Fiona Hayes

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Pretty Petals Trilogy

Author: Fiona Hayes
Illustrators: Chris Gaisey & Wojciech Kuzminski

Published in 2016 by Kappa
ISBN: not registered

This set of three brightly coloured, doubled sided, swivel board books are set in an enchanted glade where Fairies Lily, Bluebell, Daisy, Rose and the Fairy Queen play, sing, dance and celebrate summer.

The Enchanted Garden Party ...

In the Enchanted Glade, the fairies arrive in their finest clothes to play games and sing magical music. Fairy Daisy looks beautiful in her purple dress, Rose is busy making pretty hats, Bluebell and Lily are riding snails and playing find-the-fairy.


Midsummer Magic ...

Getting ready for a summer feast, Fairy Rose reminds everyone of the Midsummer's Day festival, while Lily adds sparkling fairy dust to the dew drops and Daisy chases away the clouds with her wand just in time for the arrival of the Fairy Queen.


A Midnight Feast for Fairies ...

Fairy Rose lights the way with her glowing wand so Bluebell, Daisy and Lily can bring their blueberries, biscuits and acorns filled with sweet nectar to the midnight fairy feast being held under the bright moon.

You can purchase them through your local bookstore or online through Amazon.com and Dollartree.com.

As I love to add little books to my faerie library, these 3 are ever so cute as you get to watch the fairies as they celebrate summer with garden parties, games, snacks and singing songs.

Book Review: Fairy Friends by Claire Freedman

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Fairy Friends

Author: Claire Freedman
Illustrator: Gail Yerrill

Published in 2007 by Little Tiger Press London
ISBN 10: 1845064666     13: 9781845064662

"Find a poem for YOUR best friend in this beautiful book about the friendships that fairies share."


This is a storybook about the importance of friendships whether you are a wee faerie or not. Drawn within patchwork borders, each page looks magical and enchanting as Ms. Yerrill has done an excellent job of sketching the cute expressive faces on the faeries as they each seem to be smiling right back at you. Told within the setting of pretty flower garden, Ms. Freedman tells a tale through a series of poems about the love that can be found when sharing with others. Throughout the book the faeries show you how to enjoy the fun days of summer including garden parties, finding fairy dust at the end of a rainbow and the hiding of tiny treasures.  



You can find this book at your library or you can purchase it through your local bookstore or online through both Amazon.ca and Amazon.uk. Ms. Freedman is a successful children's picture book author who resides in Essex, be sure to check out her acclaimed Aliens Love Underpants series too.

When picking out a new book for the Nursery's library, I guess I must be like any other faerie for as I look for the graphics, the colours and of course the uniqueness of a book and in this case who couldn't resist a cover that has purple and silver stars along with sparkly pink faerie dust floating in a bubble. I highly recommend this book to both children and adults as each verse told by Ms. Freedman brings with it a feeling of euphoria when explaining and depicting the beauty of friends and your friendships with them.