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Magic Animal Friends #1

Lucy Longwhiskers Gets Lost

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From the mind of Daisy Meadows comes a new fantasy world, with the same great magical voice as Rainbow Magic but brand-new adventures!

Best friends Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists!

On their first adventure in Friendship Forest, can Lily and Jess rescue adorable baby bunny Lucy Longwhiskers from the wicked witch Grizelda?

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 2014

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Daisy Meadows

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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.

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3,019 reviews570 followers
September 19, 2015
This is the first book in the Magic Animal Friends series. With eight chapters, just over 100 pages and lots of black and white illustrations, this is ideal for more fluent readers who needs something a little more challenging than first chapter books.

Lily Hart’s parents run the Helping Paw Wildlife Hospital and her new best friend is Jess Forester, who lives locally. It is the first day of the summer holidays and the two girls are happy to help out at the Wildlife Hospital, when they come across a golden cat which leads them to the magical Friendship Forest (cleverly hidden within an old, oak tree), where animals can talk.

This is a lovely story for younger children – it has a magical world, talking animals, wicked witches and all sorts of enchanting events. The girls need to rescue the little baby bunny, Lucy Longwhiskers, from the wicked witch Grizelda. Can they help the animals of the forest? The end of this book has the promise of more adventures and this will have great appeal; especially to girls who love animals.
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187 reviews9 followers
August 10, 2021
Bu kitabı 3 sene önce eski okulumun önerdiği ingilizce kitaplar kataloğunda görmüştük ve canım çekmiş diye 8 serisini de sipariş vermişiz. Ben 1. Kitabını daha yeni bitirdim ama fark ettim ki bana artık birazcık kolay geliyor ve kitap sihirli bir orman üzerine kurulu. Kitap, Lily ve Jess adında iki yakın arkadaşın her zamanki gibi bir gün hayvan barınağında hayvanlara bakarken, altın renginde bir kedi görmeleriyle başlıyor. Barınak kayıtlarına baktıklarında bu kedinin daha önce hasta olduğunu ve bu barınakta tedavi gördüğünü anlıyorlar. Bunun üzerine kediyi bir ağaca kadar takip ediyorlar. Ağacın üstüne baktıklarında üzerinde bir şeyler yazdığını görüyorlar: Friendship Forest, yani Arkadaşlık Ormanı! Kızlar aynı anda Friendship Forest dediklerinde ağacın üzerinden bir kapı beliriyor ve macera başlıyor...
Her bir kitap serisinde, Jess ve Lily başı derde giren bir hayvanı kurtarıyorlar. Bu serisinde Lucy Longwhiskers adında küçük bir tavşanı kurtarıyorlar. Ben beğendim. Yeni ingilizce öğrenenler için harika bir tavsiye!
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197 reviews7 followers
August 21, 2017
Reviewed By Shannon, Age 6;

This Is Really Good, Like The Others I've Read, Although I Haven't Read Them In Order. I Liked When They Rescued The Rabbit And She Snuggled Up
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203 reviews
April 2, 2021
I think this was a great book. I can't wait until I read another Magic Animal Friends book. I just read to chapter three, stopped for a minute and that read some more till the end of the book because it was interesting.
1,783 reviews11 followers
January 13, 2016
Perhaps easier read than author's Rainbow Fairies
Similar genre
Similar story lines
Very girl focused
87 reviews
January 7, 2023
Griselda is a bad witch.But I love the animals, Jess&Lily.
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144 reviews2 followers
March 21, 2021
Da ich Hasen liebe, habe ich dieses süsse Büchlein geschenkt bekommen. Die Geschichte und die Animationen für Kinder sind toll. Macht Spass zu lesen. Aber nach dem Ende kommen noch Tipps und da stellte es mir die Haare hoch! Erstens, darf ein Kanichen niemals alleine gehalten werden! Zweitens; Käfighaltung war gersten! Also wenn man schon Tipps angeben will, dann bitte richtig und konkret oder man lässt es sein.
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275 reviews5 followers
July 1, 2021
This was a cute book that I read with my daughter. A wicked witch Grizelda tries to take over Friendship Forest, but two human girls Lily and Jess help the creatures of the forest and also help to save an adorable baby bunny. Cute pictures throughout. A perfect read for little girls with big imaginations! We will be reading more of this series.
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406 reviews11 followers
October 15, 2025
It’s fine but skippable. Super similar to Rainbow Magic fairies. Some aspects are interesting but some are very meh and bland. I do not like the agreement to keep Friendship Forest a secret! Had this on the list for Emily but I think we’ll skip.
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12 reviews
March 20, 2018
I read this to my kindergartener this afternoon in about an hour. She absolutely loved it and can't wait to read the rest of the series.
8 reviews1 follower
December 29, 2019
1 book. but rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good
36 reviews
January 10, 2021
It was so good that I want it to go on and on and on! It’s about a rabbit named Lucky Long Whiskers, who the witch kidnapped, but then her friends rescued her.
Kaylyn (age 8)
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145 reviews
May 25, 2021
Sehr austauschbar... Den Kindern hat es aber gefallen.
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455 reviews
September 22, 2021
It was magical and cute, but not as interesting as some other books. My 5 year old did love all of the animals!
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120 reviews
November 10, 2021
great chapter book series
perfect theme for J - cute animal stories!
3rd grade
4 reviews1 follower
January 8, 2022
I love reading about the Magical forest and talking animals. My favourite character is Goldie the cat.
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493 reviews22 followers
August 13, 2022
I really didn’t like this series by the “fairy book” authors. One star from me, 3 stars from my 7 year old twins! The writing, the story, the illustrations…none of it worked for me!
4 reviews
January 9, 2025
I started reading it’s a very good adventure book and is good for you’re imagination Lucy gets lost and lily and Jess go to save her it took me 52 minutes and 13 seconds
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16 reviews
December 8, 2021
it was a good book.
if you like animal it the book for you
i love it and it has's twist in the book in part
i highy say it is good
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