Wind Charm

Fairy Unicorns #3

by Zanna Davidson

When Zoe visits Unicorn Island she mistakenly opens the Box of Winds, unleashing a terrible storm over the island. Can Zoe and her best friend Astra, the fairy unicorn, stop the winds before it's too late? An exciting story from the Usborne Young Reading series, ideal for newly fluent readers who are ready for longer stories.

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2017

About the author

Zanna Davidson (also writing under the name Susanna Davidson) has been writing children's books for Usborne for nearly 20 years. She likes dogs, books and climbing trees. Follow Zanna on Instagram and Twitter at @ZannaDavidson

Reviews

[John Naylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the fourth book I have read in this series (not necessarily in the right order). There are plot similarities between them all but that isn't a bad thing. Each one does allow the characters to grow and improve.
I recommend the series as a whole to new readers. There is no reason not to.

[KSena · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little story this one to. Third in the series, and it is following the same set up as the others. You find out nothing about Zoe's life in the real world, and you just get thrown in in the adventure among the unicorns. Interesting though that this time the catastrophe is Zoe's fault! It's a bit of a Pandora's box story since Zoe happens to open a box that has the worst storms in the world within it. And then they have to catch them again.

Nothing special though, but it's cute and my daughter ADORED it!

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fick sträckläsa den här för mina snart åtta år gamla tvillingtjejer, och det är väl ett gott betyg när boken ändå är över hundra sidor?

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

DD has really enjoyed this series. The plots in all 3 books are very similar. In the first few chapters of book 3 the author reviews the other things from the first 2 books which seem a little redundant. Overall my dd is over the moon in love with these books right now.

[Kerri · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are aimed at newly fluent readers and I think they are a fun and great way to build the confidence of young or new readers.

[Emilija Skridlaitė · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Joanne Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can see how this would be a very popular series. Tiny unicorn fairies?! I would think girls who love the rainbow/weather/color fairy book series would love this one. It is fantasy, so the unicorn fairies talk, read books, play musical instruments, do magic, and fly with butterfly wings. The human enters their world and they go on adventures together using wits and kindness, and of course unicorn magic. Although this is the only one in the series that I've read, the author was able to orient us to the world and the past without revealing too many spoilers—which I thought was very nice and also well done. The books are illustrated, but not particularly supportive of the text, so I would say it is for confident readers, but not ready-for-middle-grade-ers. Also, I think the plot, sentences, and tone are too young for middle grade but perfect for the chapter book crowd.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter and I love reading Zanna Davidson's Fairy Unicorns series!
The stories are action-packed with a great formula for young girls: unicorns and magic, a secret world that a little girl can enter, an evil pony to overcome. There are positive, useful themes, revolving around making friends and being brave and being true to yourself to overcome negative forces.
The illustrations are beautiful and the book format is gorgeous: hardcover with a ribbon bookmark. I taught my daughter how to open the book using the ribbon bookmark and she was delighted to learn this trick.
Great quality reading for six-year-olds. We are reading the Fairy Ponies series next!

[Janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third book in the Fairy Unicorns series and equally as magical and entertaining as the first story (we have missed no.2 but it didn't seem to matter to the thread of the stories!) The Fairy Unicorn books have become firm favourites with my daughters. My eldest daughter has been encouraged by these stories to practice her reading skills at home, starting the first few pages of each chapter herself before i take over - it has been lovely to hear her read so confidently and enthusiastically of her own accord.

[Cute Rabbit · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the 3rd book of this series we see Zoe go the the unicorn kingdom though she and Astra open the box of storms and they race to save the day with Tio who helps them find the flower unicorns who only play the most beautiful music and then they find out that they need help to say the spell by the other guardians who when the the island of flowers to find Astra and Zoe when actually they weren’t there.They go and find that shadow has put a sleeping spell on the island and it only effects unicorns.🦄 Tio helps Zoe wake up the unicorns and they are able to put the winds back in the box.🗃️

[Kayt · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loves fairies and unicorns and the world of magic, so this book caught her attention. She is not old enough to read it, so I read it to her and appreciated more advanced vocabulary that may have been lost on her if she read it at a beginning level.
Throw in a good villain and she is intrigued. We enjoyed this together.

[Victoria Austen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again nothing new that has not been said for the two previous books in the series. Enjoyable and light becoming slightly repetitive which my 7 year old notices all on her own.

She enjoys them enough to want to continue and finish the series so that we shall do :)

[Heidi Jacobsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the longest books I’ve managed to read for my daughter so far (in three sittings). It managed to keep her attention most of the time and she finds this series exiting and a bit scary, but in a good way. An enjoyable change for myself as well.

[Alexis harvey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was good and the picture's were great but the other books like this one "Magic Forest" on the map on "wind charms" it should have the magic forest on but I happen to not see it.
When Astra's mum collapses and all the other unicorns it scared me!

[Stephanie Rossman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel like this is my favorite book in the series so far. It has a lot of excitement, and just like the others, the story line is very original. I enjoy seeing all of the adventures of Astra and Zoe and my 7-yo loves these books!

[Hannah Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 5yo is a big unicorn fan, and she loved this book. It moved at a good speed, keeping the adventure fresh while not racing through. The pictures are delightful. The world is perfect for a unicorn-obsessed 5yo, and as a parent, it was a lovely, low-effort/low-frustration unicorn book. Charming.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elspeth “I love fairies and I love unicorns. This one has them!”

[Luvss.Bibiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is one of my favorites, I love it 😃🩷I recommend it

[Lilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like how there was magic and tons of different stuff from the other ones. I like how they come up with new ideas to stop shadow

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another sweet little book. I love reading these to my kiddo.