A Phaery named Phredde, and Other Stories to Eat with a Banana

Phredde

by Jackie French

Meet Phredde, the coolest phaery in the universe. Phredde is tiny, ferocious and Pru's best friend. And with Pru's brother turning into a werewolf, Pru needs all the magic help she can get!

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy

138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Jackie is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator and the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors, and writes across all genres - from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction. In her capacity as Australian Children’s Laureate, ‘Share a Story’ will be the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term.

Reviews

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Phaeries are apparently more hip when they are spelt with a Ph and throw in an additional E apparently, I have heard it makes it more serious and somehow spooky, whatever, I can't see this being the case here when the Phaerie is named Phredde and it talks about stories to eat with a banana - anyway I digress this is the first in a series and it is what it says and it is not much more, an OK read, which I think is my introduction to the world Of Jackie French. I suspect there will be a lot more of Jackie in the future, although not always about phaeries or fairies even.

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pleasant trip back to my childhood! I remember reading these books years ago when I was in primary school and I had so much nostalgia reading this.
It was a short quick read and I loved all the Australian references (totally forgot this was set in good ol Aus) and loved the idea of this series- very cute and Phredde's attitude kills me haha. Perfect for kids in primary school!

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great group of episodic stories for kids / YA. Good fun escapism that quietly works in important morals e.g. environmentalism, multiculturalism.
Perfect missed opportunity to work in and acknowledge Indigenous culture esp with ancient Australia and fauna stuff.

[Misty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book. It was my favourite series growing up and it's still my favourite nearly twenty years later.

[Mx Józef Dírêctøùr · Rating 3 out of 5]

not ground-breaking but wholesome fun

[Charli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dragons are quite funny!

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I adored these books when I was a tween (so old that tween as a term hadn't even been invented when I was one) because they were fun, easy and entertaining reads and like many things I wanted to revisit them to see if they were as good as I remember.

Still a fun, easy and entertaining read. The adventures aren't high stakes but none the less engaging. Prudence and Phredde are both characters that have a significant amount of life in them. The details are absurd yet on point (who doesn't want a miniature volcano for a school bell?) and definitely captures that embarrassment of parents and adults most kids have at the same age.

Cute.

[LyndenTree63 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally worth asking my sister to ship it across the Pacific Ocean for me. . . I loved the Phredde books as a kid, and one of the worst parts about moving to Canada was being unable to find them in our local libraries or bookstores. But then I grew up and realised I could buy the books myself. I was nervous about re-reading them, if they'd hold up as an adult, but I'm pleased to report THIS ONE DOES, it's just as funny and goofy and delightful as I remember it. And the Australianness of it all speaks to me on a deep level. Still one of my favourite books, 20 years later.

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books. They are really funny

[Neville Ridley-smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first of a great series.
The first few books are made up of a number of short stories. The later books are single stories. Read them all!

[Summer Matthias Herondale · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I found this series! I loved these as kid and was great to re-read! Onto number two :)

[Livvy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Jackie French she is an awesome author!!!