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The Fashion Fairies #3
Tyra the Dress Designer Fairy
Fashion AND fairies? An unbeatable combination!
The Fashion Fairies use their magic accessories to make sure that fashion everywhere is fun and fresh. But when jealous Jack Frost steals their magic away, it could lead to a fashion flop! Luckily, Rachel and Kirsty are ready to dive into another fairy adventure. . . .
It's time to make costumes for the local fashion show auditions, but everything is going all wrong! Rachel and Kirsty have to help Tyra the Designer Fairy find her magical measuring tape -- and fast!
The Fashion Fairies use their magic accessories to make sure that fashion everywhere is fun and fresh. But when jealous Jack Frost steals their magic away, it could lead to a fashion flop! Luckily, Rachel and Kirsty are ready to dive into another fairy adventure. . . .
It's time to make costumes for the local fashion show auditions, but everything is going all wrong! Rachel and Kirsty have to help Tyra the Designer Fairy find her magical measuring tape -- and fast!
80 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2012
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About the author
Daisy Meadows
1,107 books724 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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February 17, 2016Another 16 stars. She liked this one 'cos it was girly.
December 16, 2024
2.5 Stars!
I’m a little 50/50 on this book because there were definitely things that I liked, but this book also had a lot of issues (or at least what I consider to be issues).
I’ll start with what I actually liked.
-I love Tyra’s design, I think it’s so cute! The suspenders definitely tie it all together for me, and I love a good matching moment. Plus, I love the added detail of her wrist pin cushion, and I could never hate a ruffled skirt.
-I thought she was a decent fairy character too; complimenting Kirsty’s scarves, making snide remarks about the goblins’ hideous suit for Jack Frost and her making sure that the girls got a fair shot at the design competition by providing them with the materials they needed to finish their designs(much better than when Gwen the Beauty and the Beast Fairy was all ‘lemme give you costumes for the costume contest’ like, Gwen that’s cheating) were all examples of that.
-I think having a map of the new mall instead of Tippington, like in other series where Kirsty’s the one visiting, was a really good idea since I’m assuming all the adventures in this series will be taking place at the mall itself.
-A solid poem from Jack Frost!Let me know when the album drops.
-The Fashion Fairies being Phoebe’s helpers is so interesting because Phoebe the Fashion Fairy is not a Special Edition fairy, and they’re usually the ones who have fairy helpers, so this is a fun addition to the lore of the Rainbow Magic universe.
-I love that the dressmaker’s mannequin had a name! (Mabel is the best inanimate object in the Rainbow Magic universe.) I also looked this up when it was mentioned in the book, but dressmaker’s mannequins are actually adjustable in that you can change their shape and size to design for different body types and I did know that. (I love learning new things from Rainbow Magic!)And of course the goblins’ mannequin is modelled after Jack Frost.
-Shout out to the goblins because they goblin-ed like never before.
=>I think this is the first time the goblins have caused so much chaos in public! It was great.
=>One of the goblins getting distracted enough on his own to stop and try on shoes is objectively funny.
=>Using blue instead of green to distract the goblins is an interesting change because usually the girls will ask to have treats turned green to entice the goblins, but because Jack Frost’s line is all about the colour, now the goblins are obsessed with it too. It’s a cool little detail.
=>That one goblin who didn’t let the ice cream distract is both genuinely excited about designing clothes and also the most terrified of Jack Frost. Either way, I found it interesting enough to mention.
Now here’s where the book loses me.
-I think that existing clothes suddenly having poor design work wasn’t the right choice to showcase the consequences of the missing item. I think it would’ve made more sense to just stick to things going wrong at the workshop. I also don’t understand why one of the consequences of this particular missing item was that shoes stopped matching. It makes no sense for there to be boxes and boxes of mismatched pairs of shoes since Tyra’s item specifically focuses on the technical elements of fashion like ensuring the hemlines are straight or that sleeves are of an even length.
-The girls also came up with like, three or four different plans and all of them involved constantly asking Tyra to use her magic. I thought this was way too repetitive, especially for a book of this length. It felt like every chapter they would say something along the lines of “Tyra, can you use your magic to…” and it got really annoying after a while. They ask fairies to use their magic to help out with their plans all the time, but the way it was done in this was so painfully uninteresting. (I did, however, like the last one they came up with where Tyra pretended to be Jack Frost because the execution was both effective and hilarious.)
I’m a little 50/50 on this book because there were definitely things that I liked, but this book also had a lot of issues (or at least what I consider to be issues).
I’ll start with what I actually liked.
-I love Tyra’s design, I think it’s so cute! The suspenders definitely tie it all together for me, and I love a good matching moment. Plus, I love the added detail of her wrist pin cushion, and I could never hate a ruffled skirt.
-I thought she was a decent fairy character too; complimenting Kirsty’s scarves, making snide remarks about the goblins’ hideous suit for Jack Frost and her making sure that the girls got a fair shot at the design competition by providing them with the materials they needed to finish their designs
-I think having a map of the new mall instead of Tippington, like in other series where Kirsty’s the one visiting, was a really good idea since I’m assuming all the adventures in this series will be taking place at the mall itself.
-A solid poem from Jack Frost!
-The Fashion Fairies being Phoebe’s helpers is so interesting because Phoebe the Fashion Fairy is not a Special Edition fairy, and they’re usually the ones who have fairy helpers, so this is a fun addition to the lore of the Rainbow Magic universe.
-I love that the dressmaker’s mannequin had a name! (Mabel is the best inanimate object in the Rainbow Magic universe.) I also looked this up when it was mentioned in the book, but dressmaker’s mannequins are actually adjustable in that you can change their shape and size to design for different body types and I did know that. (I love learning new things from Rainbow Magic!)
-Shout out to the goblins because they goblin-ed like never before.
=>I think this is the first time the goblins have caused so much chaos in public! It was great.
=>One of the goblins getting distracted enough on his own to stop and try on shoes is objectively funny.
=>Using blue instead of green to distract the goblins is an interesting change because usually the girls will ask to have treats turned green to entice the goblins, but because Jack Frost’s line is all about the colour, now the goblins are obsessed with it too. It’s a cool little detail.
=>That one goblin who didn’t let the ice cream distract is both genuinely excited about designing clothes and also the most terrified of Jack Frost. Either way, I found it interesting enough to mention.
Now here’s where the book loses me.
-I think that existing clothes suddenly having poor design work wasn’t the right choice to showcase the consequences of the missing item. I think it would’ve made more sense to just stick to things going wrong at the workshop. I also don’t understand why one of the consequences of this particular missing item was that shoes stopped matching. It makes no sense for there to be boxes and boxes of mismatched pairs of shoes since Tyra’s item specifically focuses on the technical elements of fashion like ensuring the hemlines are straight or that sleeves are of an even length.
-The girls also came up with like, three or four different plans and all of them involved constantly asking Tyra to use her magic. I thought this was way too repetitive, especially for a book of this length. It felt like every chapter they would say something along the lines of “Tyra, can you use your magic to…” and it got really annoying after a while. They ask fairies to use their magic to help out with their plans all the time, but the way it was done in this was so painfully uninteresting. (I did, however, like the last one they came up with where Tyra pretended to be Jack Frost because the execution was both effective and hilarious.)
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!
April 30, 2021
Perhaps not the best. Not the worst. Yes, this book is sort of boring. I like this fairy when I was like, 14, but I decided change my mind about Claudia being my most favorite. The story is... Okay. :/
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June 7, 2020
I love it it's so exciting!
July 22, 2020
A fun, simple and magical book. A great introduction to reading for youngsters.
August 16, 2025
#3 tape measure
August 17, 2015
Kristy and Rachel can’t wait for the design competition held in the new Tipping Fountains Shopping Center. Amongst the ribbons, sequins, sparkly paint, and array of colorful material is the Designer Fairy, Tyra, searching for her magical measuring tape stolen from the fashion foe, Jack Frost, and his goblins. When every fashion choice at the competition goes ary, it’s up to the three fashion fairies to stop Jack Frost’s evil scheme and save both the human and fairy fashion worlds. This book is best read in order within “The Fashion Fairies” series. Even with common characters and the typical villain and hero dynamic, Meadows’ series is quirky enough to appeal to early middle grade girl readers who love cute and sparkly settings. If readers enjoy “The Fashion Fairies” series it is apart of the larger Rainbow Magic collection, and if they’re looking for more design books there are plenty of activity books out there that are fashion based. Even a math and problem solving fashion book, Math + Fashion=Fun: Move to the Head of the Class with Math Puzzles to Help You Pass! by Aubre Andrus exists. Recommended for young girls who like fashion and design stories.
Not my usual kind of read, but young girls who are into fashion will probably enjoy it. It IS published by Scholastics. ;)
Not my usual kind of read, but young girls who are into fashion will probably enjoy it. It IS published by Scholastics. ;)
February 9, 2014
Rachel and Kristy could hardly believe that there fashion clothes might be ruined! If the three friends don't get the magic tape measure back no one will look so pretty again.
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January 20, 2016AR 4.7
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