Harriet, the Hamster Fairy

The Pet Keeper Fairies #5

by Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper (Illustrator)

Jack Frost has stolen the Pet Fairies' magical pets! Can Rachel and Kirsty help find them? Or will the pets be lost forever?

The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! They work with their special pets to make sure that all animals find safe homes. But now Jack Frost has stolen the magical pets! Could they be lost forever?

Harriet the Hamster Fairy's hamster, Twinkle, is in trouble. If Jack Frost's goblins capture her, can Harriet scurry to the rescue?

Find the magical pet in each book and help keep all the animals safe!

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Middle Grade, Fairies, Animals

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

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

[Kaethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

These books move along quickly, have a frisson of trouble in the form of the goblins, resolve nicely, and bore me to tears. They are short reads for an adult, and the PandaBat loves them. Fairies for Everyone! and Sparkles! Did I mention they bore me to tears? Tears, I say. Next time a kid who isn't dying asks me to read one, I'll tell her to learn to read to herself.

[Isaac T · Rating 4 out of 5]

The goblins will always be your biggest opps, there is so much symbolism of the government and people trying to steal the things in your life. Get you a Harriet to carry your team

[Wynona · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite part was when they found the hamster.

[Stella Schaefer-Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be fair the goblins plan to catch the magic hamster was pretty smart.

[zoë · Rating 3 out of 5]

Damn imagine being the hamster fairy that's just pathetic

[Geni]

Despite the tag, I have never read this book. I never will. I only read one or two Rainbow Magic books, but I was desperate for more. Specifically, the hamster book, which I only knew by name from another book’s flap. Hamsters were my obsession. What were the odds that there was a book in this favorite-series-I never read about hamsters? Shocking. Incredible. I had to get it. Child-me craved this book like a drug.

(Now I’ve finally realized that it’s no remarkable coincidence that there happened to be a Rainbow Magic hamster book, seeing as this behemoth of a series also boasts fairies themed after PE, Thursdays, Rainbow Looms and Prince Harry).

To 8-year-old me, Rainbow Magic books were like caviar. They were the bourgeoisie of children’s literature. They did not grace the shelves of my plebeian library. And the Holy Grail of Rainbow Magic books, Harriet the Hamster Fairy, remained just out of reach. I had to settle for mundane books, though they lacked the heady intoxication Rainbow Magic had over me. That year, I didn’t read Harriet the Hamster Fairy. Instead, for the very first time, I read the Fellowship of the Ring.

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jack Frost wants a pet but in Fairyland the pets are all sentient and choose their owners themselves. Jack Frost steals all the pets from the Pet Fairies; not only are the fairies sad but they cant do their job protecting lost and homeless pets on Earth. Fortunately, the pets escape to the village of Wetherbury where Kirsty lives and Rachel is staying for one week of holiday. The series ventures to some local areas (like the park and neighbours) and also to Strawberry Farm, the stables, the Spring Show etc.

There are seven Pet Keeper fairies and they are: Katie the Kitten Fairy, Bella the Bunny Fairy, Georgia the Guinea Pig Fairy, Lauren the Puppy Fairy, Harriet the Hamster Fairy, Molly the Goldfish Fairy and Penny the Pony Fairy.

"Fairies with their pets I see,

And yet no pet has chosen me!

So I will get some of my own,

To share my perfect frosty home.

This spell I cast, its aim is clear:

To bring the magic pets straight here.

Pet Keeper Fairies soon will see,

Their seven pets living with me."

[The Dragon Den Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!

[Alhaji Dumbuya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would like to read this book.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as interesting as other books in the series, but still a good book for young readers.

[❀ Islem · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a perfect story for me. It has good events. I highly recommend reading it.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book !!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked the end when Kirsty and Rachel took the hamster into their house

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite part is when the goblins chased after the fairy and then they tried to find it and then the sparrow flew by and they thought it was a fairy so they chased after it

[Lissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read an indefinite amount as a kid.

Another fun adventure.

[Chelsea Heath]

Even my 7 year old daughter tired of these books quickly. We didn’t finish this one. They are just very repetitive.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Keira Mc · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was definitely less interested in hamsters than some of the other pets, but I have always been a completionist so I likely read this one too

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video coming…

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was a great story

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book five of seven in the "Pet Fairies" series by the group of authors who go by the name Daisy Meadows. It's a fun series, especially for young girls who are starting to read chapter books. Our oldest is addicted!

Jan 2012 update: our youngest is now immersing herself in this series and is reading them very quickly, too. As inane as I thought they were, I love that this series is making readers of our girls. Hooray!

[Priya Appleby · Rating 3 out of 5]

(My overall review for the rainbow magic series)

These books were so magical to me as a child. They really got me into reading and I was so addicted. They helped me learn the colours of the rainbow and entertained me for several years. The books aren't very good. I've tried reading them again because I was interested in what I saw in them. The books are very similar and repetitive but to child version of me, they were completely perfect!

[Cecelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy are watching Jamie's pet hamster and while they are at his house about to feed it, the cage door was open and the hamster was gone. They hear footsteps and they are Jack Frost's goblins. They said that they opened the cage so the magic hamster, Harriet's pet hamster, will come to its rescue and the goblins can capture it and bring it back to Jack Frost. At the end, Harriet brings her hamster Twinkle back to Fairy Land and Jamie's hamster gets back to its cage and eats.

[$hanel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book too. Have I mentioned that I got fun of for reading this awesome sieries when I was little? I was bullied by one of the meanest girls in school. Anyway this book was really good and I would recommend it to any kid that is waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy younger than me.

[CaroleHeidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tori's school reading book. (Year 3, age 7)
She really enjoyed it - the hamsters, fairies and naughty goblins were a winning combination for her.
She managed to read it aloud to me with relatively few issues - word level was consistent and not too hard or too easy.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is our first Rainbow Magic book & we have been reading it at bedtime. Both Kate & Holy loved it & are going to choose another one in the series today.

[Iris Choi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learnt that we should normally help people.

I like this book because Rachel and Kirsty help Harriet the hamster fairy.

[Angela Barakat]

I read this with my daughter.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Caitlin (my 6yo daughter) really loves these books. They are very formulaic, but she can't wait to get the next one in the series as soon as we finish one.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

They hamster was lost in the house and he went into the living room and he made hamster toys for himself to play with while he was waiting.