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Special Edition Fairies #48
Christina the Winter Wonderland Fairy
Kirsty and Rachel are very excited to spend Christmas together. But when Jack Frost steals Christina the Winter Wonderland Fairy's magical objects, the magic of winter is under threat! Can the girls and Christina help get them back and save Christmas for everyone?
177 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2017
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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 18, 2024
I really liked this book a lot! I feel like sometimes Rainbow Magic books can be a little hit or miss with how they go about depicting the different seasons - especially winter. I think this book did a really good job of capturing the true essence of the season with how despite the cold, you can still enjoy the season. Overall, I thought it was just very well-written, in a style that you don’t typically get in children’s books. (I am a little miffed that there was no resolution in terms of the Jack Frost of it all, but the rest of the book is just so good, I’m willing to ignore it.)
Michelle was usually a very patient fairy, but she had heard enough. “I am not going to steal your hat,” she insisted, putting her hands on her hips. “I am going to get my hat back. “Help me, girls!”
Michelle very quickly became one of my favourite fairies just from her first line alone. I definitely think there were better and less dangerous ways for her to make an entrance than through the heating vents, but she’s so adorable I’ll let it slide. Her starting to explain the first object and then immediately getting side-tracked as she listed all of her favourite winter activities is so me-coded, I truly love her the most. I think she’s such a balanced character with how kind she is, her slightly corny jokes and talkative nature while also being very clever, standing her ground and having a solution for any given situation. She had a spell for everything! Kirsty’s worried about her parents noticing that she and Rachel are gone? Not to worry because Michelle used a “special spell” to make sure they wouldn’t notice. Kirsty and Rachel’s faces are frozen because of one of the missing objects? Michelle’s got a whole incantation to keep them warm without affecting nature because she’s just smart like that.
I also love her design! It’s so cozy and perfect - the blue coat, the matching scarves and fingerless gloves, the layering and obviously her cute little knit hat. But the best part, in my opinion, is the fact that her wings are pure white because no other fairy, even the Christmas/Winter-themed ones, has wings like Michelle.
Very few Rainbow Magic books are 3/3 when it comes to the magical objects; sometimes the objects themselves make no sense or they have poor execution, but I loved how it was done in this book. The three magical items in this book are a snow globe, a hat and a candle.
The snow globe ensures that there’s enough snow for everyone to enjoy all winter activities and it’s my favourite item.
The hat allows people to be able to enjoy winter even though it’s so cold outside and I think it’s a solid object, but I feel as though instead of the magic hat just looking exactly like Michelle’s, it should’ve just been the hat she wears on the cover. This is definitely the writer in me being annoying and being all ‘this is what I’d do differently’ and not something that’s actually an issue with the book, but I just think it could’ve been fun if she showed up without her hat and I’d read this with my niece and nephew who’d be all ‘wait she has a hat on the cover, where’s her hat?’ (Also, I’m pretty sure they did this with Flora The Dress-Up Fairy where she was holding a mask on the cover and in the book she’s all ‘YO we need to get my mask back immediately, it pulls the look together and also Jack Frost shouldn’t have it, but it’s really actually about my aesthetic’.)
The candle I was a little iffy on because Mcihelle says it’s hard to explain (this is verbatim by the way) and I can’t help but think like, then explain it better if you’re gonna include something so complex in a book for this particular demographic. Maybe I’m just an idiot, but I did have to read her explanation twice for it to click. But I do like that the candle being connected to the Winter Solstice gives the girls a deadline, those are always so fun because yeah, Special Edition books almost always take place over three days, but it’s nice to have the book explicitly give us a deadline, it just adds to the intensity of the situation. (They did explain this part later on in the final part: “We still have to find the magical candle, or the nights will just keep getting longer and longer, and we’ll barely see any sun.” - Magic candle my beloved I am so sorry I doubted you, you are conceptually the best item out of any Rainbow Magic book in history and I will die on that hill.)
A list of my favourite details in no particular order:
-Snowbound Island is by far one of my favourite maps in a Rainbow Magic book, I think the design is so cool and I love how the island itself is drawn because we’ve had island locations before and they’ve looked quite as accurate as this one.
-The art in the book itself is interesting because, for some reason, the girls look so little compared to other books.
-I love learning new facts about the parents, so thank you Mrs. Tate and her oil painting for winning this fun little trip so we could get this book.
-“Chimes, bells, and sparkles gave both girls goose bumps - and for good reason.” - I can’t explain why this line stuck out to me, but I wanted to point it out.
-Michelle’s wand having built-in air-conditioning is such a fun little detail because of course a winter fairy has heating and cooling effects in her wand!
-“My three objects are super cool, and not just because they protect the coolest season.” - She’s got jokes!
-As always, the girls look adorable in their winter outfits! I refused to wear snowsuits or snow pants as a kid, and Kirsty’s looks so cute, I’m jealous.
-Loved the little science lesson from Michelle even though her missing snow globe is why the weather’s fucked up.
-Okay, one of my favourite details was when one of the goblins was shaking the snow globe and Michelle was immediately concerned because, and I quote, “It could cause a tornado.” I love life-threatening consequences and this is such good writing because they could’ve left it at the goblins shouldn’t shake it because it could break but NO, they said ‘let’s fuck around with natural disasters instead’ and it was the correct choice to make.
-I’m gonna let the book slide for how the girls get the snow globe back, purely for comedic reasons. They rarely take shit back like this, so it’s funny every time they do. It’s so silly, but simple and effective - and I’m saying this as someone who LOVES when the books give us a complex plan.
-Making food ornaments to feed birds is such a cool craft idea for kids!
-Lowkey, saying that all the animals lost their warm coats and then not having an illustration of that is so funny, But in terms of the magical hat being gone, it’s interesting that when the girls go out in the cold, their winter wear just isn’t keeping them warm enough, whereas all the animals reverted back to their summer coating.
-Not Michelle leaving a message on the window as if only Kristy and Rachel would see it.
-The way the girls’ faces were drawn when they stepped outside was absolutely hilarious, it will definitely be living rent-free in my head for the rest of my life.
-Michelle hiding in Kirsty’s hoodie and later on standing on her tippy toes on Rachel’s head is so cute, a visual representation of being two apples tall.
-I fully said out loud, “now who’s goblins are these? cuz there’s no way they’re Jack Frost’s” when I saw the goblins sharing the hat. And then obviously Michelle explained that the magic hat is making them have too much fun to be selfish. (Her feeling guilty about taking the hat back because the goblins never get along like this and rarely get to experience joy - she is truly too good for this world.)
-I’ve noticed that it’s often Kirsty who’s the first to show concern for the goblins’ safety or be kind to them. I’m curious if that’s a deliberate writing choice agreed upon by everyone or if one of the ghostwriters just thinks Kirsty’s the nicer of the two.
-“We have to fix the magic so that science can do its job.” - Michelle I truly love you and your book the most, I can’t believe this book snuck in more science lessons than actual Rainbow Magic books related to science have.
-“Winter is a fun time to stay inside and snuggle, too.” - You’re so right Michelle.(Yes this is me directly attacking Alicia the Snow Queen Fairy because fuck that book.)
-Lols, not the songbirds trying to warn them and them not listening! (I thought all fairies knew how to communicate with animals?)
-Not a no-fairy force field! My girls have really been through it in this book, they’ve never gotten to a point where they could no longer fly because their wings were too wet and cold from being thrown snowballs at.
-I LOVE when the girls get magic jewelry because what do you mean the girls just have to twist the tops off their rings and shake to have snow?!
Michelle was usually a very patient fairy, but she had heard enough. “I am not going to steal your hat,” she insisted, putting her hands on her hips. “I am going to get my hat back. “Help me, girls!”
Michelle very quickly became one of my favourite fairies just from her first line alone. I definitely think there were better and less dangerous ways for her to make an entrance than through the heating vents, but she’s so adorable I’ll let it slide. Her starting to explain the first object and then immediately getting side-tracked as she listed all of her favourite winter activities is so me-coded, I truly love her the most. I think she’s such a balanced character with how kind she is, her slightly corny jokes and talkative nature while also being very clever, standing her ground and having a solution for any given situation. She had a spell for everything! Kirsty’s worried about her parents noticing that she and Rachel are gone? Not to worry because Michelle used a “special spell” to make sure they wouldn’t notice. Kirsty and Rachel’s faces are frozen because of one of the missing objects? Michelle’s got a whole incantation to keep them warm without affecting nature because she’s just smart like that.
I also love her design! It’s so cozy and perfect - the blue coat, the matching scarves and fingerless gloves, the layering and obviously her cute little knit hat. But the best part, in my opinion, is the fact that her wings are pure white because no other fairy, even the Christmas/Winter-themed ones, has wings like Michelle.
Very few Rainbow Magic books are 3/3 when it comes to the magical objects; sometimes the objects themselves make no sense or they have poor execution, but I loved how it was done in this book. The three magical items in this book are a snow globe, a hat and a candle.
The snow globe ensures that there’s enough snow for everyone to enjoy all winter activities and it’s my favourite item.
The hat allows people to be able to enjoy winter even though it’s so cold outside and I think it’s a solid object, but I feel as though instead of the magic hat just looking exactly like Michelle’s, it should’ve just been the hat she wears on the cover. This is definitely the writer in me being annoying and being all ‘this is what I’d do differently’ and not something that’s actually an issue with the book, but I just think it could’ve been fun if she showed up without her hat and I’d read this with my niece and nephew who’d be all ‘wait she has a hat on the cover, where’s her hat?’ (Also, I’m pretty sure they did this with Flora The Dress-Up Fairy where she was holding a mask on the cover and in the book she’s all ‘YO we need to get my mask back immediately, it pulls the look together and also Jack Frost shouldn’t have it, but it’s really actually about my aesthetic’.)
The candle I was a little iffy on because Mcihelle says it’s hard to explain (this is verbatim by the way) and I can’t help but think like, then explain it better if you’re gonna include something so complex in a book for this particular demographic. Maybe I’m just an idiot, but I did have to read her explanation twice for it to click. But I do like that the candle being connected to the Winter Solstice gives the girls a deadline, those are always so fun because yeah, Special Edition books almost always take place over three days, but it’s nice to have the book explicitly give us a deadline, it just adds to the intensity of the situation. (They did explain this part later on in the final part: “We still have to find the magical candle, or the nights will just keep getting longer and longer, and we’ll barely see any sun.” - Magic candle my beloved I am so sorry I doubted you, you are conceptually the best item out of any Rainbow Magic book in history and I will die on that hill.)
A list of my favourite details in no particular order:
-Snowbound Island is by far one of my favourite maps in a Rainbow Magic book, I think the design is so cool and I love how the island itself is drawn because we’ve had island locations before and they’ve looked quite as accurate as this one.
-The art in the book itself is interesting because, for some reason, the girls look so little compared to other books.
-I love learning new facts about the parents, so thank you Mrs. Tate and her oil painting for winning this fun little trip so we could get this book.
-“Chimes, bells, and sparkles gave both girls goose bumps - and for good reason.” - I can’t explain why this line stuck out to me, but I wanted to point it out.
-Michelle’s wand having built-in air-conditioning is such a fun little detail because of course a winter fairy has heating and cooling effects in her wand!
-“My three objects are super cool, and not just because they protect the coolest season.” - She’s got jokes!
-As always, the girls look adorable in their winter outfits! I refused to wear snowsuits or snow pants as a kid, and Kirsty’s looks so cute, I’m jealous.
-Loved the little science lesson from Michelle even though her missing snow globe is why the weather’s fucked up.
-Okay, one of my favourite details was when one of the goblins was shaking the snow globe and Michelle was immediately concerned because, and I quote, “It could cause a tornado.” I love life-threatening consequences and this is such good writing because they could’ve left it at the goblins shouldn’t shake it because it could break but NO, they said ‘let’s fuck around with natural disasters instead’ and it was the correct choice to make.
-I’m gonna let the book slide for how the girls get the snow globe back, purely for comedic reasons. They rarely take shit back like this, so it’s funny every time they do. It’s so silly, but simple and effective - and I’m saying this as someone who LOVES when the books give us a complex plan.
-Making food ornaments to feed birds is such a cool craft idea for kids!
-Lowkey, saying that all the animals lost their warm coats and then not having an illustration of that is so funny, But in terms of the magical hat being gone, it’s interesting that when the girls go out in the cold, their winter wear just isn’t keeping them warm enough, whereas all the animals reverted back to their summer coating.
-Not Michelle leaving a message on the window as if only Kristy and Rachel would see it.
-The way the girls’ faces were drawn when they stepped outside was absolutely hilarious, it will definitely be living rent-free in my head for the rest of my life.
-Michelle hiding in Kirsty’s hoodie and later on standing on her tippy toes on Rachel’s head is so cute, a visual representation of being two apples tall.
-I fully said out loud, “now who’s goblins are these? cuz there’s no way they’re Jack Frost’s” when I saw the goblins sharing the hat. And then obviously Michelle explained that the magic hat is making them have too much fun to be selfish. (Her feeling guilty about taking the hat back because the goblins never get along like this and rarely get to experience joy - she is truly too good for this world.)
-I’ve noticed that it’s often Kirsty who’s the first to show concern for the goblins’ safety or be kind to them. I’m curious if that’s a deliberate writing choice agreed upon by everyone or if one of the ghostwriters just thinks Kirsty’s the nicer of the two.
-“We have to fix the magic so that science can do its job.” - Michelle I truly love you and your book the most, I can’t believe this book snuck in more science lessons than actual Rainbow Magic books related to science have.
-“Winter is a fun time to stay inside and snuggle, too.” - You’re so right Michelle.
-Lols, not the songbirds trying to warn them and them not listening! (I thought all fairies knew how to communicate with animals?)
-Not a no-fairy force field! My girls have really been through it in this book, they’ve never gotten to a point where they could no longer fly because their wings were too wet and cold from being thrown snowballs at.
-I LOVE when the girls get magic jewelry because what do you mean the girls just have to twist the tops off their rings and shake to have snow?!
November 14, 2019
Pretty good book! I think there are a lot of kids who would enjoy this series. There is plenty of adventure and magic and mysteries for the girls to help the fairies solve. There are black and white illustrations sprinkled throughout. This would be a good series for 2nd/3rd grade and up.
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!
January 11, 2019
YOU GUYS. Gennie sent this to me as a get well present, and it's so perfect. I share a name with the Winter Wonderland Fairy! Look at her in her adorable pussy hat and kickin' colorful style. We hunted for her special snow globe, magical pussy hat, and beautiful candle-lit lantern, while delighting in snowy activities like sleigh rides, ice skating, making animal feeders, and more. Could a book be more written to my tastes? If I'd had this book when I was 30 years younger, I'd probably have slept with it in delight.
April 13, 2023
I adore children's books and always scour the library for something new to read.
I know this is a popular series with younger readers.
However, it was just way too cutesy for me.
I was never a fan of fairies, unicorns, or other fantasy-related creatures, so that may be why I didn't really care this book.
I am sure many young girls love this series, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
I know this is a popular series with younger readers.
However, it was just way too cutesy for me.
I was never a fan of fairies, unicorns, or other fantasy-related creatures, so that may be why I didn't really care this book.
I am sure many young girls love this series, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
June 26, 2022
Oh my goodness my name is Christina without the h but still 😄 so I reeeeealy want it even though it's summer by the way I LOVE rainbow 🌈magic
😍😶😇 ummmmm ok this is my 3rd edit of my review I just want to say... I
Was so SHOKED when I heard I have a rainbow magic book with my own name I'll try not to edit my review anymore 😅 b bye
😍😶😇 ummmmm ok this is my 3rd edit of my review I just want to say... I
Was so SHOKED when I heard I have a rainbow magic book with my own name I'll try not to edit my review anymore 😅 b bye
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