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Rainbow Magic
Zainab the Squishy Toy Fairy
Join Rachel, Kirsty and Zainab for some squishy toy fun!
Zainab the Squishy Toy Fairy's special magic makes sure everyone has fun playing with squishy toys. But when her magical object goes missing, squishies everywhere stop bouncing back! Could this be the work of naughty Jack Frost? Rachel, Kirsty and Zainab must help put things right.
- GenresFantasy
80 pages, Paperback
Published May 2, 2019
About the author
Daisy Meadows
1,196 books768 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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October 30, 2025
has to get five stars because i am literally zainab
July 10, 2019
I got this for my 8-year-old daughter who has enjoyed the Rainbow Magic fairy books in the past and has a little collection of them. Anyone who has read any of them before will know why she likes them. The books are designed perfectly for girls around her age and are a good tool for helping girls make the transition into reading chapter books. Each story features best friends Kirsty and Rachel helping out a fairy friend from Fairyland in their perpetual battle against Jack Frost and the goblins. This one is no different.
The story starts with Kirsty and Rachel attending Tippington’s very first sponsored squish (yes really) which involves lots of attendees opening Squash-Mees which are squishy toys that come in toy capsules (meaning you don’t know which one you will get before opening, and you might get a rare) and are “the most popular collectible toy of the year”.
But then there is disaster – “My Squash-Mee has gone flat!” – “I twisted mine and it broke into two pieces.” – “Mine won’t rise up again.”
This is all because Zainab the Squishy Toy Fairy – “I have a very special magical object to help me, called the squishy panda. It makes sure that squishy toys always bounce back into shape, and keeps them safe” – has had her squishy panda stolen by Jack Frost who wants to find the rarest Squash-Mee of them all, the gold one (only one has been made). This is all terrible news as the world is in great danger. “This is terrible… Every time there’s a rare Squash-Mee, he will take it. Collectors all around the world will lose their best finds.” “We have to get Zainab’s panda back before the sponsored squish starts.” As always it is up to Kirsty and Rachel to save the day (with help from Zainab but also from Georgie the Royal Prince Fairy).
Along the way there are plentiful clear and simple pictures to bring the words alive, and the story is written in big text too - ideal for early readers - as well as mostly being written in easy, accessible language. It's also good for my daughters to see female lead characters who are not that dissimilar to them (except for their ability to turn into fairies and go to Fairyland of course).
As for my daughter she liked the story, the pictures and also the opening poem. If I was to be critical I would say that if you read a lot of these Rainbow Magic fairy books then the plots are rather similar with each story being written to a formula, the formula seeing the girls, Kirsty and Rachel, having to recover a lost item that the cover fairy has lost because Jack Frost and the goblins have stolen it, but my daughter doesn't mind, plus perhaps familiarity for girls of this age group is good for inspiring confidence in their reading as they become newly-independent readers. Also another criticism specifically for this book in the series is it seems like they are running out of ideas. It is hard to get worked up, from an adult’s point of view, over squishy toys not squishing properly and for me this didn’t seem as big or important an issue to be dealing with in a book than some of the others in the series perhaps (although for Kirsty and Rachel it is “terrible” and there is urgency). Some of the story felt maybe like a parody (which has given me an idea for a new comedy series of books).
Overall a typical Rainbow Magic fairy story that little girls should enjoy.
The story starts with Kirsty and Rachel attending Tippington’s very first sponsored squish (yes really) which involves lots of attendees opening Squash-Mees which are squishy toys that come in toy capsules (meaning you don’t know which one you will get before opening, and you might get a rare) and are “the most popular collectible toy of the year”.
But then there is disaster – “My Squash-Mee has gone flat!” – “I twisted mine and it broke into two pieces.” – “Mine won’t rise up again.”
This is all because Zainab the Squishy Toy Fairy – “I have a very special magical object to help me, called the squishy panda. It makes sure that squishy toys always bounce back into shape, and keeps them safe” – has had her squishy panda stolen by Jack Frost who wants to find the rarest Squash-Mee of them all, the gold one (only one has been made). This is all terrible news as the world is in great danger. “This is terrible… Every time there’s a rare Squash-Mee, he will take it. Collectors all around the world will lose their best finds.” “We have to get Zainab’s panda back before the sponsored squish starts.” As always it is up to Kirsty and Rachel to save the day (with help from Zainab but also from Georgie the Royal Prince Fairy).
Along the way there are plentiful clear and simple pictures to bring the words alive, and the story is written in big text too - ideal for early readers - as well as mostly being written in easy, accessible language. It's also good for my daughters to see female lead characters who are not that dissimilar to them (except for their ability to turn into fairies and go to Fairyland of course).
As for my daughter she liked the story, the pictures and also the opening poem. If I was to be critical I would say that if you read a lot of these Rainbow Magic fairy books then the plots are rather similar with each story being written to a formula, the formula seeing the girls, Kirsty and Rachel, having to recover a lost item that the cover fairy has lost because Jack Frost and the goblins have stolen it, but my daughter doesn't mind, plus perhaps familiarity for girls of this age group is good for inspiring confidence in their reading as they become newly-independent readers. Also another criticism specifically for this book in the series is it seems like they are running out of ideas. It is hard to get worked up, from an adult’s point of view, over squishy toys not squishing properly and for me this didn’t seem as big or important an issue to be dealing with in a book than some of the others in the series perhaps (although for Kirsty and Rachel it is “terrible” and there is urgency). Some of the story felt maybe like a parody (which has given me an idea for a new comedy series of books).
Overall a typical Rainbow Magic fairy story that little girls should enjoy.
February 12, 2020
In this book Rachel and Kirsty must help Zainab as the pesky goblins and Jack Frost take Zainab's squishy panda you as he wants the golden squishy toy to beat everyone else and be the best can The girls stop him from wrecking the fun?
A lovely quick read kids mad for squishy toys will enjoy this magical book as they try to save them.
A lovely quick read kids mad for squishy toys will enjoy this magical book as they try to save them.
January 24, 2025
Unfortunately this one was decent, despite the absolutely inane subject matter. If this had been about basically anything else, I'd have really enjoyed it
March 3, 2025
a silly book with a sillier concept
July 19, 2026
A quick read- there really is a Rainbow Magic fairy for everything
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