Olivia the Orchid Fairy

The Petal Fairies #5

by Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illustrator)

Rachel and Kirsty must help the fairies to find their magic petals before the goblins get their hands on them. But this time Jack Frost has given the goblins a wand to help them - he's determined to get those petals before the fairies do, whatever it takes!

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fairies, Chapter Books, Fiction, Magic, Young Readers

Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Daisy Meadows is the pseudonym used for the four writers of the Rainbow Magic children's series: Narinder Dhami, Sue Bentley, Linda Chapman, and Sue Mongredien. Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies.

Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton, England on November 15, 1958. She received a degree in English from Birmingham University in 1980. After having taught in primary and secondary schools for several years she began to write full-time. Dhami has published many retellings of popular Disney stories and wrote the Animal Stars and Babes series, the latter about young British girls of Asian origin. She lives in Cambridge, England with her husband and cats.

Sue Bentley was born in Northampton, England. She worked in a library after completing her education and began writing for children once her own began school. Bentley is the author of the Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, and S Club series and lives in Northamptonshire.

Linda Chapman has written over 50 children's fiction books, including the following series: My Secret Unicorn, Stardust, Not Quite a Mermaid, and Unicorn School. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband and daughters.

Sue Mongredien was born in 1970 and grew up in Nottingham, England. She has published over 100 children's books, including the following series: The Adventures of Captain Pugwash, The Magic Key, Frightful Families, and Oliver Moon. She has also contributed many titles to the Sleepover Club series and written picture books. Mongredien created the Royal Ballet School Diaries under the pen name Alexandra Moss. She lives with her family in Bath, England.

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

an absolutely enticing read. the novel showed strong metaphors and literacy techniques, including connections between the darkness of the goblins' cave and the darkness within the two girls. the growth of the fairy wings on the girls ultimately reflected their character growth throughout the novel, as they struggled to retrieve the orchid petal from the ever so evil jack frost. would recommend to those who enjoy adventure, drama and the ever so blossoming themes of friendship.

[alisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this since I was bored and it's a book that I remember losing when I was younger. I finished it in 15 or so minutes-

My rating is purely based off me remembering that when I was 6 I loved these books haha

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

class book, a classic tbf would out it up there with macbeth, one critic would be too much magic, not very realistic xxx
p.s love the fact it has my name on the cover, it felt very personal and i dont get that often with a book

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book Kristy and her best friend Rachel are on spring vacation! During the vacation they saw some flowers! However the flowers were always dropping dead or wilting. Soon they noticed they were wilting because the fairy’s magic petals are missing! They also know that Jack Frost and his goblins are also trying to steal the petals from the fairies. Kristy and Rachel made a promise to help the fairies find their magic petals. So far they found four petals, and they still need to find three petals. Today Kristy and Rachel are at Rainbow Falls gardens! Rainbow Falls has a lot of orchids planted, but soon they noticed the orchids were wilting, and that they haven’t found the magic petal for the orchids yet. Rachel and Kristy start looking for the petal, and figured out that it was in the orchid garden. The problem is that Jack Frost’s goblins already found the orchid petal in the orchid garden! Soon Olivia the orchid fairy appears, she asked kindly for her magic petal, but it was to late. The goblins ran away with the magic orchid petal at top speed! What are Kristy, Rachel, and Olivia going to do to get the magic petal!? MAYBE, YOU CAN READ THE BOOK!!!

[The Dragon Den Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy Meadows and her fairies are my childhood. I collected so many in my youth, knowing all the fairies and their importance, and sticking with the two special girls who go to be a part of the magic.
Years ago I had to give my beautiful collection away, now still part of my childhood school where little girls are picking their favourite fairies and playing pretend. It's fun to hear stories from my old teachers telling me how over the years so many students have grabbed these books and fallen in love with the tales of two girls, Jack Frost and the fabulous glittering magic that is the fairies.
On Christmas last year, my sister surprised me with a boxset of these books, but cause you cannot collect these darlings as easily anymore. I was over the moon!
If anyone has a little one who needs a little magic in their life, wants to read and needs a big creation to be hooked on...it is Daisy Meadows!

[♀ ☾ ✧ the dragon queen ✧ ☾ ♀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

hi this is 2019 15 year old me who remembers that 6 year old me loved this book so,,,,,yeet

(i'm going to repeat this statement for literally every book i add to my children's literature shelf okay)

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Predictable storyline based on previous books which is what makes it accessible and popular with children. A quick easy read.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is the first book in the series so far where it has felt as though the girls were in real danger. Was good to see them face such a challenge.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Olivia is so pretty

[Claude · Rating 4 out of 5]

first official read for Believathon 2021. even tho i'm now 22 i still pick up the Rainbow Magic books whenever i see them in secondhand shops and i'm so glad i decided to take a nostalgia trip xx

[Eleanor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I do love me some Rainbow Magic, but this was a bit meh in the grand scheme of them, sadly

[liv]

i didnt read this ;)

[Johnny · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my daughter's selection on her first trip to the school library in Kindergarten, so she was extremely excited to dive into it. It's the fifth installment in what is apparently a very redundant series of fairy books. From what the school librarian told me at Back to School Night, they all follow the same basic plot structure: a magic petal associated with a particular type of flower (orchid, daisy, rose, etc.) has been stolen by some evil-doers and two human girls must help the fairy in charge of that type of flower retrieve the flower.

My daughter loved reading this book. She was initially drawn to it because the fairy on the cover has dark skin like her and wears her hair in an afro-bun as she sometimes does. She was really intrigued by the story though, and had fun making predictions about what was going to happen. She did get slightly annoyed--as did I-- when Olivia the Orchid Fairy makes her first appearance as is described as having "glossy dark hair that was pulled back into a ponytail" (17), this in spite of every picture of her throughout the book and on the cover depicting a dark skinned fairy with afro-style hair pulled back into a puffy bun. My daughter of course simply corrected the narration for the both of us, and we moved on.

This is a fine read, but I imagine if there are more than a half dozen, the trappings are going to become old very quickly.

[Eva-Marie Nevarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two more books to go, Danielle and Ella, and then comes the fairy break I'm so badly in need of. These books are great, they keep my five year old daughter interest and this is the second entire series we're reading, back to back.
The authors somehow manage to make each book unqiue enough that you don't want to chop your head off when reading two series right after the other like we chose to do. How these did this, with so many 7 book series, all with the same characters and basically the same general plot as far as I know, I have no idea. But they did it.... so far anyway.
We're going to take a little break after Ella is finished and then we'll try the Pet Fairy or Weather Fairy series maybe. I definitely do recommend though.

[Brad Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this book. I was initially drawn to it because the fairy on the cover has her hair in an afro-bun as i do sometimes . I was really intrigued by the story though, and had fun making predictions about what was going to happen. I did get slightly annoyed when Olivia the Orchid Fairy makes her first appearance as is described as having "glossy dark hair that was pulled back into a ponytail" (17), this in spite of every picture of her throughout the book and on the cover depicting an afro-style hair pulled back into a puffy bun. I of course simply corrected the narration , and moved on.

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy are still at Blossom Hall and there they find Olivia the Orchid Fairy. Rachel and Kristy were at the waterfalls while their parents are going to the Arboretum. Rachel, Kristy and Olivia find goblins. The goblins turn the lake and the waterfalls into ice. Rachel and Kristy were slipping and sliding over the ice and the goblins wanted to get off the water before it melted because it was melting really quickly and goblins didn't like to get their huge feet wet. Rachel says that she won't move out of their way unless they give them the orchid flower petal. The goblins give it back and quickly run away.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book five in the The Petal Fairies series by the group of authors who call themselves Daisy Meadows. Their books are so formulaic, no wonder they've churned out more than a hundred of them. But our oldest loves them and gets more and more at the library every time. She's averaging one every day or every other day, so it'll still take many months before she exhausts the selections.

[Raine Villanueva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rachel and Kirsty and heading to Rainbow Falls, a place where lovely orchids grows around. When they headed there, the orchids and withering because of the goblins, who are holding the magic orchid petal. Good thing Olivia the Orchid Fairy joins the girls as they get the magic petal. The icy caverns inside the falls are still magical that it also inspires you of Frozen, and the word "arboretum" makes me curious at all. Just look it up.

(Read during RGYSP Week 2020 Reading Marathon)

[Ana A · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing in the book Olivia the Orchid Fairy was effective. The book's strengths was that it had very good details about what's going on in the book. This book didn’t have any weakness. I would recommend this book to a classmate because they are really easy to finish and they entertain you when you are reading the book. The book has a series the series form the book is The Petal Fairies.

[Daly SONGPANYA]

this is a great book

[Anna Opperman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked when the gobblins turned a waterfall into ice.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

[November, 2013]

[Fernanda Morales · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a good book.