Maya the Harp Fairy

The Music Fairies #5

by Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illustrator)

The Music Fairies desperately need Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Jack Frost and his naughty goblins have stolen the fairies' Magical Musical Instruments, which means that music is being ruined for everyone! Jack Frost plans to use the instruments to help him win a national talent competition in the human world, and with the help of the enchanted instruments, he's bound to win. If this happens, humans will find out about Fairyland and then all the fairies will be in danger! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Maya to take back her enchanted harp from the pesky goblins?

Genres: Fairies, Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Magic, Chapter Books, Own

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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

[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!

[Kevin Hogg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a fun addition to the music fairy series. The girls need to save the day when the missing harp threatens to ruin a wedding. It's not the most eventful book in the series, but it has its fun moments with some misunderstandings and foolish goblins. I particularly enjoyed the illustrations in this one--the poorly disguised goblins somehow remain unnoticed by anyone except the girls, even in their comically oversized clothes. The conclusion wasn't quite as exciting as some of the other stories, but it comes together well to set up the finale in the next book.

[Erynn]

Confusing to ustralian the book

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this author

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book seemed to travel along slower than previous books in the series, but still a fun, magical short read

[❀ Islem · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an amazing story.

[ashton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was quite enjoyable, the wedding place was an interesting idea and the ilustrations in this book may be one of the best I've seen in fairy-books!

[Anna Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack Frost's goblins have stolen the Music Fairies Magical Musical Instruments, so nobody can play music properly! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Maya to find her Magic Harp?

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh to be a fairy not worried about finals

[Eshaal Ishaq]

isadora moon goes to the ballet

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy are going to a wedding. There, they find Maya the Harp Fairy. Then, they see a goblin and they follow him. He has Maya's magical harp. The goblin goes into the wedding ceremony. Then, they see another goblin pushing a cart with a cake on it. They follow the goblin into a room where the goblin puts the cake on the table. They find out that another goblin was hiding under the cart. Then, Rachel and Kristy get turned into fairies. Rachel flies over to one goblin and Kristy flies over to the other. Kristy says that she saw the other goblin that was taking the magical harp out of the goblin's pocket, because it was still Fairy-Land sized, and the goblin that's pocket it is in wouldn't notice. Rachel tells the other goblin that it's very unfair that he doesn't have the harp and he should go get it. While the goblins are fighting, the harp flies out of one goblin's pocket and into the cake. Maya pulls it out without the goblins even noticing.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the fifth book of seven in the "Music 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 and I am encouraging it since I am confident that these books will help her develop a love for reading! She reads them on her own and will sometimes read aloud to me. I have been reading them along with her (at first I was irritated by them, but now they amuse me and they only take about 5 minutes to read). We will discuss the plots, her favorite parts and what we think will happen later in the series. We've read through several of these series of books and our oldest is determined to read them all. I love it!

[Raine Villanueva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kirsty's babysitter Kerry is having a wedding, and she invited her best friend Rachel in. The harpist is very sad as she plays her harp badly, when Maya the Harp Fairy appears and gives a mission for the girls to get the magic harp back from the Goblin, who is also an excellent harpist. The wedding cake with the harp on the top is absolutely my favorite.

(Read during RGYSP Week 2020 Reading Marathon)

[Natalie]

AMAZING! Loved it so much!

[Kaylin and Liam]

8 years old

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

we are both maya. this was the first fairy book I ever read

[Suzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 2 year old daughter loves it when i read her these fairy books for her bedtime story.

[Arisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

really interesting book. this is how I got into rainbow magic!

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

[November 3, 2013]