Crystal the Snow Fairy

Crystal the Snow Fairy
Rainbow Magic
The Weather Fairies
by
Daisy Meadows and Georgie Ripper
children's fiction, about a 2nd grade reading level

This is the second series of books about the Rainbow Magic Fairies from Scholastic.
In this series Rachel and Kirsty, human girls, must help fairies get some magical feathers back from Jack Frost who is using the magic in the feathers to wreak havoc with the weather.
These are quick and easy reads for girls. Most readers will want to read the whole series, which reminds me to get on hold for the next one in this series - Abigail the Breeze Fairy. Public and school librarians should make sure to buy the whole series. They come as a boxed set, so this is not a problem.

Rainbow Magic: Sunny the Yellow Fairy

Rainbow Magic: Sunny the Yellow Fairy
by
Daisy Meadows and Georgie Ripper
children's fiction, ages 7-10
(Previously published as Saffron the Yellow Fairy)
This is # 3 in a series.
1 Ruby the Red Fairy
2 Amber the Orange Fairy
3 Sunny the Yellow Fairy
4 Fern the Green Fairy
5 Sky the Blue Fairy
6 Inky the Indigo Fairy
7 Heather the Violet Fairy

After this Rainbow series are some more series of fairy books (Pet Keeper fairies, etc.), so readers can keep busy for quite some time with the fairies.

The seven rainbow fairies have been scattered by the wicked Jack Frost. Two mortal girls must help the fairies defeat Jack and his goblins and return home to Fairyland. This series is pleasant and easy to read. The goblins are not particularly scary. Many girls will be clamoring for the next book in this series. In this book, the Rachel and Kirsty work together with a queen bee. I thought that was a good use of the nature plot.
Personally, I think the illustrations are lousy. They are little more than ink sketches. I would have preferred a deluxe hardback version of this book with color pictures that were more completely done. The cover is fancy with gold stars. I have seen the fairies illustrated in color in the girl's magazine "Sparkle", so I was disappointed in how they are used in the Scholastic paperback.
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