Rainbow Magic: The Ultimate Fairy Guide

This became a check out from the Library for two reasons.  

One, my daughter would not have let me leave without it and two, I like the idea of getting her interested in chapter books!

Author/Illustrator: Daisy Meadows
Series: Rainbow Magic Series
Publisher: Orchard Books (UK) Scholastic (US) (August 26th, 2014)
Prices: Hardcover, $9.25
Reading level: 7 to 10 years
Interest level: Lower and Middle Grades
Physical Characteristics: 5.5 x 7.8 inches, 128 pages
ISBN: 0545622174
Genres: Series, Chapter Book, Handbook

Subjects:

Fairies

Magic and Supernatural

Friends and Friendship

Annotation:
A whimsical, full color handbook to all of Daisy Meadows’ Rainbow Magic fairies.

Summary:
This book is a guide to all the Rainbow Magic fairies, who have individual books about them. There are 150 fairies in this book and for each one you get an illustration, including their fairy friends, hobbies, unique magical powers, and anecdote from their fairy lives.  This guide gives an index of all the fairies in the front, and has illustrations of all the covers of the individual Rainbow Magic Fairy books.

Evaluation:
This book is sold as the “ultimate must-have for any fairy fan”.  And it really is.  We have had to check this book out three times in a row so my daughter could pour through it.  She loves the illustrations, the fairy names, their descriptions and stories relating to them.  I love the book because it is engrossing to her, and is building her love of reading.  I also love that there is a wide variety of fairies.  They are not all girly girl.  Instead there is a range from Costume Fairy, Soccer Fairy to Black Cat Fairy.  The big negative I have is that this series is a rabbit-hole of merchandising and I may be suckered in to spending tons of money on fairies if my daughter keeps this love alive.

Similar Titles or Authors:
The Fairy Bible by Teresa Moorey
Rainbow Magic Sugar & Spice Fairies Set by Daisy Meadows
Stacey the Soccer Fairy by Daisy Meadows


Websites:
http://www.rainbowmagiconline.com/uk/books/

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/daisy-meadows#cart/cleanup

www.rainbowmagiconline.com

Awards & Recognition:
The Rainbow Magic series is a New York Times bestselling series.  

Professional Reviews:

Bookseller

PublishersWeekly

Notes

Daisy Meadows, does not exist.  The Rainbow Magic books are written by a number of authors under the "Daisy Meadows" name.  Each title carries a dedication including a "special thanks" indicating the primary author.

All images (c) Orchard Books