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Special Edition Fairies #21
Olympia the Games Fairy
Just in time for the 2012 Olympics, this fairy is bringing her special magic to the games!
Let the games begin!
There's a triathlon in town! Kirsty and Rachel are excited to watch the running, biking, and swimming events. But when people start swimming in circles, losing bike tires, and tripping over their own feet, the girls know something is wrong. Sure enough, Olympia the Games Fairy's magic objects have disappeared!
Olympia needs help tracking down her missing magic. If they don't find it in time, the triathlon and the Fairyland Games will be ruined! Can Rachel and Kirsty go for the gold -- and come to the rescue?
Find the magic items in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the games!
Let the games begin!
There's a triathlon in town! Kirsty and Rachel are excited to watch the running, biking, and swimming events. But when people start swimming in circles, losing bike tires, and tripping over their own feet, the girls know something is wrong. Sure enough, Olympia the Games Fairy's magic objects have disappeared!
Olympia needs help tracking down her missing magic. If they don't find it in time, the triathlon and the Fairyland Games will be ruined! Can Rachel and Kirsty go for the gold -- and come to the rescue?
Find the magic items in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the games!
176 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2012
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About the author
Daisy Meadows
1,109 books729 followersDaisy 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.
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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November 28, 2019
Such a fun read my daughter and I enjoyed sharing!
We're devouring our way through this series slowly but surely and I love the fact this series has drawn my daughter in and encouraged her love of reading and books.
We're devouring our way through this series slowly but surely and I love the fact this series has drawn my daughter in and encouraged her love of reading and books.
November 14, 2022
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!
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!
December 31, 2024
2.5 Stars!
This book was okay. I don’t think there was anything particularly wrong with it and it wasn’t even boring, I just didn’t really like it all that much.
I don’t know how I feel about the title and concept of the book. Initially, through Jack Frost’s poem, I was a little put off by how the three magical items only seemed to focus on three specific events. Obviously, I learned sooner rather than later that there’s a triathlon in this book so technically she’s Olympia the Triathlon Fairy, but that just doesn’t have the same ring to it. I don’t think that I minded the vague descriptions of what items represented because I thought it pretty straightforward, even for the book’s age demographic. What’s interesting about this book is that because it’s about a triathlon, the entire book has to take place over the course of a few hours, whereas with other Special Edition books, they almost always take place over the course of three days. (It was a refreshing change!)
Jack Frost is getting no sympathy from me, take your cheating ass somewhere else. And his goblins are no better; that one goblin nearly killed his friend when stuck that stick in his bicycle wheel. The goblins are supposed to be a menace, not murderers, get it together Jack Frost! Him being awarded ‘Bad Sport of the Day’ in the human world was well-deserved. The event organizers saw an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, and they took it.
I really liked Olympia’s design, although I do wish that her wings were given a more interesting shape because regular fairy wings look quite odd with her tracksuit. She was a pretty cool character overall, just not as memorable as some of the other fairies in the series. She did have one line that made me like her a lot - “Go home and tell Jack Frost that he should learn how to be a good sport instead of trying to win by cheating!” Fairies don’t often talk shit about Jack Frost, but it’s so fun when they do. I also thought her slight modification to the spell for turning the girls into fairies was pretty smart because she had their wings be blue and green to blend in with the dragonflies.
I also wanted to mention the illustrations for the goblins in this book because I thought they were really cool. I love how they were drawn in this book to hide the fact that they’re goblins because usually, they’ll have these outrageous disguises. But harem, you had the boat scene where their faces were hidden by hats and then in the cycle race, they had helmets on their heads were down.
I’m always a sucker for nostalgia bait, so I absolutely gave this book two stars for highlighting the Rainbow Fairies! I loved the illustration of them waiting to start the race, it was just so nice to see all of them together like that. There were a few details that I really liked. Having them all wear different styles of sneakers was cool, especially since sneakers are already a part of Saffron and Inky’s actual designs. I also really liked how everyone looked so serious, except for Saffron who had the biggest smile on her face - it’s very true to her character! I also thought the scenes where everything goes wrong with the race were really funny, especially since I know these characters pretty well, like, those are my girls.
Other fairies that were mentioned that had me excited, even though I’ve never read their books:
-Stacey the Soccer Fairy
-India the Moonstone Fairy
-Crystal the Snow Fairy
-Willow the Wednesday Fairy
-Samantha the Swimming Fairy (she even had lines!)
This book was okay. I don’t think there was anything particularly wrong with it and it wasn’t even boring, I just didn’t really like it all that much.
I don’t know how I feel about the title and concept of the book. Initially, through Jack Frost’s poem, I was a little put off by how the three magical items only seemed to focus on three specific events. Obviously, I learned sooner rather than later that there’s a triathlon in this book so technically she’s Olympia the Triathlon Fairy, but that just doesn’t have the same ring to it. I don’t think that I minded the vague descriptions of what items represented because I thought it pretty straightforward, even for the book’s age demographic. What’s interesting about this book is that because it’s about a triathlon, the entire book has to take place over the course of a few hours, whereas with other Special Edition books, they almost always take place over the course of three days. (It was a refreshing change!)
Jack Frost is getting no sympathy from me, take your cheating ass somewhere else. And his goblins are no better; that one goblin nearly killed his friend when stuck that stick in his bicycle wheel. The goblins are supposed to be a menace, not murderers, get it together Jack Frost! Him being awarded ‘Bad Sport of the Day’ in the human world was well-deserved. The event organizers saw an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, and they took it.
I really liked Olympia’s design, although I do wish that her wings were given a more interesting shape because regular fairy wings look quite odd with her tracksuit. She was a pretty cool character overall, just not as memorable as some of the other fairies in the series. She did have one line that made me like her a lot - “Go home and tell Jack Frost that he should learn how to be a good sport instead of trying to win by cheating!” Fairies don’t often talk shit about Jack Frost, but it’s so fun when they do. I also thought her slight modification to the spell for turning the girls into fairies was pretty smart because she had their wings be blue and green to blend in with the dragonflies.
I also wanted to mention the illustrations for the goblins in this book because I thought they were really cool. I love how they were drawn in this book to hide the fact that they’re goblins because usually, they’ll have these outrageous disguises. But harem, you had the boat scene where their faces were hidden by hats and then in the cycle race, they had helmets on their heads were down.
I’m always a sucker for nostalgia bait, so I absolutely gave this book two stars for highlighting the Rainbow Fairies! I loved the illustration of them waiting to start the race, it was just so nice to see all of them together like that. There were a few details that I really liked. Having them all wear different styles of sneakers was cool, especially since sneakers are already a part of Saffron and Inky’s actual designs. I also really liked how everyone looked so serious, except for Saffron who had the biggest smile on her face - it’s very true to her character! I also thought the scenes where everything goes wrong with the race were really funny, especially since I know these characters pretty well, like, those are my girls.
Other fairies that were mentioned that had me excited, even though I’ve never read their books:
-Stacey the Soccer Fairy
-India the Moonstone Fairy
-Crystal the Snow Fairy
-Willow the Wednesday Fairy
-Samantha the Swimming Fairy (she even had lines!)
November 8, 2020
I like this book because I love the chapter books more than the early reader books that I have got in my house because the early reader books say half of the story but the chapter books tell us the whole story. I would like to read all the Rainbow Magic chapter books but I don't have them in my house. The best part is when Jack Frost had stolen Olympia's magical shoes that he had magiced using his wand and it made the shoes unstoppable.
October 15, 2017
I really liked this book because Olympia is also the capital of Washington state, but this wasn't about the book. The book was funny because Olympia liked to play games and made Jack Frost do a handstand to get Olympia's shoes back, which was super funny!
October 17, 2017
I love all of these books.
July 1, 2020
I really love the book it is sooooooo good
July 19, 2020
Well... I'd say it isn't that good because In the part where Jack Frost steals the tireless trainers, how could he even get in FairyLand!!! So I'd give it three stars :>
August 1, 2020
A brilliantly written continuation to the Rainbow Magic series for kids who are ready to advance from the short, juvenile fiction books to something a little chunkier.
June 21, 2023
Classic!!
April 11, 2020
I enjoyed this book but this book was not as interesting. If you like very slight suspense and a little bit of adventure this is the book for you. But, if you like real suspense and excitement. Then this is not as much a book for you. This book is about Olympia (the games fairy), Kristy, Rachel, and jack frost. Jack frost and his crew keep on stealing the sports essentials. In order to hold the big competition both the human world and the fairy world need those essentials to be kept in the place there supposed to be in, otherwise something will go wrong. But, this Olympia and her human friends (Rachel and Kristy) are her to save both the fairy and human worlds. I can relate to this book because when I was around 5 years I used to pretend to save the world with the help of friary's in my backyard. Although in this book they are not pretending it is actually happening.
February 10, 2017
I LOVED IT11111
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September 9, 2016
Rachel and Kristy are helping Olympia the games fairy. If Rachel and Kristy don`t find Olympia`s magic objects games will never be fun again.
The goblins have stole the magic objects and they have been hiding them and they have been guarding them. Will the three friends find them or will they fail to get them back from the goblins.
The goblins have stole the magic objects and they have been hiding them and they have been guarding them. Will the three friends find them or will they fail to get them back from the goblins.
November 15, 2013
the fairies find a lot of olympic gear. they find these shoes that help them run properly. somebody steals the olympic shoes and they know it's the goblins. they get the shoes back at the end of the book.
December 30, 2014
my favorite part was when the fairy games were fixed the worst part was when all of the things for the fairy games were stolen. my favorite characters were rachel and kirsty. the worst character was jack frost.
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July 4, 2012
I liked it. I especilly liked the swimming part because I am a swimmer.
July 15, 2012
Formulaic and not that well written they may be, but my daughter loves them, and we enjoy reading them together!
July 13, 2012
Beginning chapter book, perfect for the upcoming Olympics. J.Y.
January 28, 2013
Love the book
April 15, 2013
Read aloud. My daughter liked it.
May 10, 2014
Normally I don't mind these books but this one is incredibly dumb.
January 15, 2016
I liked it when Rachel and Kirsty saw their old friends (including Ruby's) race.
December 8, 2013
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