Lulu Flutters

Forever Fairies #1

by Maddy Mara

Join the four newest Sprout Wings on their adventures in the Magic Forest! These Forever Fairies will learn all there is to know about how fairies help save the day. Welcome to the Forever Tree! The new Sprout Wing fairies, Lulu, Nova, Coco, and Zali, can’t wait to explore their home in the Forever Tree. Soon they’ll try out to see which fairy pod they each belong to, starting with the swift and sporty Flutterflies! Lulu wants to stay close to her friends, but there are four different pods, each with a special talent―plus mischievous trolls stirring up trouble! Will the Sprout Wings be fairy friends forever?

Genres: Fantasy, Chapter Books, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

Published March 5, 2024

About the author

Maddy Mara is the pen name of Melbourne-based creative duo Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger. Hilary and Meredith have been collaborating on children's books for nearly two decades. Hilary is an author and former publishing director; Meredith is the author of countless books for kids and young adults, and teaches English as a foreign language. Maddy Mara is the melding of their respective daughters' names.

Reviews

[Taren Kretzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this to my 7 year-old daughter at bedtime for the last few nights. The writing isn’t particularly exciting for me haha, but I’m not the target audience 😄 I would probably give it 3 stars if not for how eager SHE was for me to read to her each night. We started the second in the series immediately upon finishing this one.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very cute intermediate chapter book series that young readers will really enjoy. The writing isn't especially distinctive, but the story is cute and the fairy worldbuilding is great. At a time when Daisy Meadows is going out of print, Forever Fairies is stepping in to fill a need.

[Kasey McSwain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute! The ARC of this is magical and I can’t wait to see the images in full color.

A sweet story about friendship perfect for early readers. I enjoyed how consequences are dealt with a lot. The fairies will experience consequences for their actions (breaking the rules by going out at night, etc), but that these conversations don’t always have to be immediate or harsh.

I look forward to its release, it’ll be a perfect spring recommendation at my bookstore. Can’t wait to see where the series goes!

[Alesha H · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter liked it but I didn’t. There wasn’t much actual plot to the story and a lot of little details just bugged me (like flowers blooming at the same time that would never bloom together, the description of sticky and slippery made no sense, etc.).

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute early chapter book my daughters enjoyed. Solid start to a series that appears to focus on a different fairy in each book. We've gotten to know a bit about the four sprouties but not as much as I would have expected about the title character Lulu. We'll definitely continue this series.

[Engel Dreizehn · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC Copy...liked this better then "Dragon Girls" and can sense will still attract and by the same audience along with "Disney Fairies" type of demography. Promising start so far...

[Emily T · Rating 4 out of 5]

It wasn’t like the title but I still think it was interesting.

[Katie Melendez · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I love it!" -My 6yo daughter

[Christine Linn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading with my 9yo and she likes it okay

[Jen W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute. Read with my daughter. I believe it's her first introduction into fantasy, and she loves the fairies!

[Chantal HK · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un peu trop de longueurs, prévisible, cliché.