The Fairy Treasure Hunt

Rainbow Magic: Scholastic Reader

by Daisy Meadows

[Scholastic Reader Level 2]

The Jewel Fairies are going on a treasure hunt!

Time for a treasure hunt!

The Jewel Fairies are searching Fairyland for the magical jewels that give all fairies their special powers. If they can find them all, they will be granted a very special gift-- beautiful jeweled pendants!

After a very busy day, only one is left. The fairies must combine their magic to help Sophie the Sapphire earn her necklace.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fairies, Juvenile, Fantasy

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

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

[Rachel B.]

This was read at least once a day every single day we had it home from the library.

[Kelly Chester]

Super cute book

[Em07]

So good

[Dolly]

Our oldest is a big fan of all things fairy, especially the various seven-book Rainbow Magic fairy series by Daisy Meadows. For children who aren't quite ready for chapter books, this book and others like it (see Rainbow Magic: Best Friends In Fairyland) are great. Our oldest loves them because they are easy, colorful, and include more stories about her beloved fairies.

This is a fun book about the Jewel Fairies and tells how they complete a Final Fairy Test to become full fairies. It's an entertaining story that is great for beginning readers and we enjoyed reading it together.

[Elizabeth Meadows]

My edition is a bind-up along with A Fairy Ballet. I did not care for The Fairy Treasure Hunt as much as A Fairy Ballet. The book was lacking much in the way of conflict, which would have made it more interesting. The soon-to-be Fairies were given an assignment to find each of their jewels on a treasure hunt. They all found their jewels fairly easily without any problems. It would have been more interesting if maybe a villain had stolen a jewel or something.

[J.D. Holman]

Most children's picture books don't need any back-story to enjoy them. I felt like this one did; I haven't read any of the various fairy books by this author, and that detracted from what a more familiar reader might take from it. Still, the illustrations are nice and having a treasure hunt can appeal to many readers. I do like that the name of the fairy queen is Titania.

[Lyn]

I liked that they all became full fairies because they found their jewels.

[Madison]

Read on 032315 and 120415.

[Ian McHugh]

Florence and I loved reading this. The fairies were looking for their jewels and, when they found them, they became real fairies! The message of working together is a good one.

[Shad]

Amazing for kids

[Sheila Read]

I think we have some fairies out in our lawn or little men putting mushrooms in our lawn.

[Emma D.]

This book is good for young readers who like fairies.