Nasty Jack Frost is back again, this time stealing the Fun Day flags, and now everyone is quite miserable, as the Fun Day Fairies can't do their job of making each day fun! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Sarah the Sunday Fairy retrieve her flag?
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.
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!
There are seven Fun Day fairies and they are: Megan the Monday Fairy, Tallulah the Tuesday Fairy, Willow the Wednesday Fairy, Thea the Thursday Fairy, Freya the Friday Fairy, Sienna the Saturday Fairy and Sarah the Sunday Fairy.
Kirsty is staying with Rachel in Tippington Town for a week of school hols. Handy series in that it teaches the days of the week; activities are pretty varied as each fairy is simply responsible for making their day of the week fun. Twist for this series is that there is a riddle each day to help them find the Fun Day Flag.
Icy wind now fiercely blow! To the Time Tower I must go. Goblin servants follow me And steal the Fun Day flags I need. I know there will be no fun, For fairies or humans once the flags are gone. So, storm winds, take me where I say, My plan for chaos starts today!
Sarah the sunday fairy is desperate to get her fun day flag back, and Rachel and Kirsty are eager to help. But the sneaky goblins are determined to find it too... can Sarah save the last fun day flag?
Rachel and Kristy go on a picnic. Rachel's mom asks them to go get the picnic blanket out of the car. There are a bunch of goblins all around the car and Rachel and Kristy realize that the blanket is really the Sunday flag. Rachel finds Sarah and she uses magic to make a beautiful bird kite to get the goblins distracted. Rachel goes right into the car and grabs the blanket. She gives it to Sarah but then the goblins grab it right back. They run off into the woods and Rachel and Kristy follow them. The goblins aren't supposed to be getting the fun day flags for Jack Frost. So, Sarah uses magic to make a tree look like Jack Frost. But then the goblin notices that it's just a tree stump. Then the real Jack Frost appears and grabs the flag. He actually gives it to Rachel and Kristy because he doesn't like his goblins not working and having fun.
This is the final book of seven in the Fun Day Fairies series by the group of authors who go by the name Daisy Meadows. It's a fun series, especially for young girls who are starting to read chapter books. Our oldest is addicted!
As in the other series, this book wraps up the seven book series with a final trip to Fairyland and a thank you present for Kirsty and Rachel for helping out the fairies (again!)
March 2012 update: our youngest is now immersing herself in this series and is reading them very quickly, too. As inane as I thought they were, I love that this series is making readers of our girls. Hooray!
Sarah the Sunday fairy is the last fun day fairy for Rachel and Kirsty to find. When Rachel and Kirsty are having a picnic with their family the go to visit the forest and find Sarah the sunday fairy hiding in there. Can Rachel and Kirsty find Sarah`s magical flag so the days in Fairy Land are not gloomy and gray forever?
I've been reading the fun day series aloud to my 4-year old. She loves them, I keep wishing for more variety in the story line. But what little girl doesn't like fairies and she doesn't seem to mind the repetition. One book usally takes two sitting for us as she will listen to more than one chapter at a time. I do like that they go fast.AR level 4.6
Aack, why do they publish this dreck? Was forced to read this, and many other books in the series, by my 6-year-old daughter. Not an original or clever idea in the entire series -- almost like a parody of fairy stories, overflowing with giggles and sparkles.