Terence likes everything about Tinker Bell. In fact, he likes her so much that one day he writes a poem about her. Too bad Terence is too shy to give it to Tink. But, in magical Never Land you never know where a poem might end up! Readers will love tracking the whereabouts of the poem as they enjoy the special extras on each spread such as a pull-out fairy letter, hologramatic foil, scents, and 3-D elements.
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A Poem for Tink is the second Disney Fairies Popup book that I have seen. Although the book is only 14-pages long, it has a few neat things in it. The first is the poem that Terence writes for Tinker Bell.
The reader can take it out of an envelope that is pasted onto the page and read what he wrote about her. The second is the trial of fairy dust that glitters as the envelope lands on Captain Hook's hat. There are also some shiny bubbles that the mermaids are playing with and a neat popup of the envelope springing from the pot in front of Terence and Tinker Bell.
The artwork by the Disney Storybook Artists is beautiful, but I didn't like how they colored the fairies very much. They seemed kind of blotchy.
Overall, A Poem for Tink is a fun story that both children and parents will enjoy. Kids will be entranced as the envelope flies around visiting different fairies in Pixie Hollow, and Peter Pan too. I wonder if Tinker Bell will ever find out who wrote the poem? I sure hope so.
This is another of the popup-type of books that are being put on on the Disney fairies. This one centers on Tinker Bell.
The first two pages feature some really good artwork and an envelope with the poem in it. Terrence, the sparrow man who wrote the poem, has a job to sprinkle fairy dust on all the fairies, but in doing this he loses the poem. It drops into a container of fairy dust and becomes able to fly itself.
The next two pages again have artwork and an explanation, the poem this time ending up in the middle of a fight between Peter Pan and Captain Hook.
The next two pages have some excellent artwork on the mermaids. The letter goes by them and keeps on its way despite their efforts to catch it.
The next two pages have the poem making its way to Lily's garden, and then flies away from there towards the Home Tree.
The letter makes its way to Dulcie's kitchen, ends up in a dented pot, and the pot is taken to Tinker Bell for fixing. Tinker Bell finds the poem, but doesn't learn who wrote it.