Violeta, El Hada Morada

Rainbow Fairies #7

by Daisy Meadows, Estrella Borrego del Castillo (Translator)

¡Descubre dónde se esconde Violeta! A Raquel y Cristina solo les falta encontrar Violeta, el hada morada, para deshacer el conjuro del malvado Jack Escarcha. Pero no disponen de mucho tiempo para ¡hoy es su último día de vacaciones en la isla de Aguamágica! ¿Conseguirán devolver, finalmente, el color al Reino de las Hadas?

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Fairies, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Magic

80 pages, Hardcover

First published May 29, 2003

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

[~Madison]

Heather, Fern and Amber were the best fairies and I will not accept anyone else opinions

[ella nelson]

and so we commence the og trilogy

"As the fairies flew up to hug and kiss Heather,"
what is it with the kissing? i get the hugs, but kisses? GAY

so there's a drawing here right and basically heather and indigo are alone (icons), sunny and sky are together (icons), and fern, amber, and ruby are all together (icons) and it's funny cause this is perfect honestly

Bertram is sus

why would you trust jack frost to stay out of trouble?

NOW I KNOW, I KNOW THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PLOT
IDC
THESE ARE MY CHILDHOOD INCARNATE
IDC

[Eva-Marie Nevarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phew.... we've finally finished the entire Rainbow Fairy series, in order. Which was no small feat considering that we had to use the inter-library loan for a few of them, I ordered the wrong one once and the library sent the wrong one once. We also read many other shorter picture books, ours and the libraries, during the day. But.... we are done.
This is just like and just as good as the others. Julia said she likes this and the first one the best and gave me a few reasons why, one of them being that Jack Frost was not only caught but "not being bad anymore".
I'm ecstatic she's into these book and I plan on devouring each and every single one Daisy Meadows has written until Julia says to stop.
We're starting the Petal Fairy series next (a series which I made sure I have every one of BEFORE starting) so Tia the Tulip Fairy (I think) here we come....

[Ella]

1/28/09 Readers Response
Heather The viloet Fairy iwould give it 5 star's because it is about fairy's and i love fairy's and because i like violet stuff.I like Heather's wing's and that she is smart and i like her hair with flowers in her hair.jack frost has hid all of the rainbow fairys.

[barbara]

Just thought I'd had these books to my lists since they were childhood faves that I often forget about

[Sabina · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5) i think i must have reread the first three books of this series many more times than i read the last four because they didn’t have the same nostalgic effect, but they were fully of whimsy and i can appreciate that. very solid book for a young child learning to read, maybe i will reread them again in a year and gain even more nostalgia then. was caught off guard by the fairy apocalypse at the end and then the fairy universe implosion but after reflecting i thought it was a nice touch.

[nola · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHY WOULD YOU EVER KISS MEE???? i’m NOT EVEN HALF AS PRETTYYYY YOU GAVE HER UR SWEATER ITS JSIT POLYESTER BUT U LIKE HE BEYTER I WISH I WERE heather ahhhhhhh good tho

[Nova! · Rating 3 out of 5]

So nostalgic. I miss these so much! I think I'll continue to reminisce and read more of these!

[Lady Tea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Stats

Cover: ★★★.5 (Definitely a cutesy look on Heather, but I'm not really a fan of the high socks. I will say that the violet colouring goes well with the blue/teal/washed out background though, and that pose makes her seem like a ballet fairy!)
Story: ★★★★.5
Overall Rating: ★★★★
Ghostwriter: Sue Bentley
Most Memorable Part(s): Meeting Jack Frost for the first time.

Review:
Well, as the final book in this series, of course there needs to be a grand finale, and in this case it definitely delivers: finally, after all the bumbling around with his goblins, we meet Jack Frost himself and he's...well, as evil as you'd expect.

Finding Heather the violet fairy really makes up only the first half or so of the story, and leads us to the last location on Rainspell Island that hasn't been visited yet. This time, Jack Frost himself comes on the scene once all the rainbow fairy sisters are together, and it takes quite a bit of teamwork (and magic) to defeat him this time around.

The ending is, of course, bittersweet as Rachel and Kirsty leave their fairy friends behind and also separate, but since this is just the beginning of many, many more adventures to come, it's definitely a sweet ending!

That being said, I think it's time to rank these 7 books in order (my opinion):

Rainbow Fairy Books Ranking

1 - Inky the Indigo Fairy
2- Ruby the Red Fairy
3 - Sky the Blue Fairy
4 - Heather the Violet Fairy
5 - Fern the Green Fairy
6 - Sunny the Yellow Fairy
7- Amber the Orange Fairy

And there you have it, friends! On to the weather fairies next, I believe--going by the series order.

[Mckayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked how Kristy and Rachel found a summer fair at Rainbow Island. They went on a Merry-Go-Round and found Heather inside a pony picture. They used a magic paintbrush to get her out. Sky put Jack Frost in a snow globe and they took him back to the king and queen of fairyland. The queen promised Jack Frost that she would let him out if he never harmed the rainbow fairies again. Then all the color came back to fairyland through everything the fairies touched.

[CrazyAsACupcake]

I'm not rating this I only needed to read this to complete a challenge and it was the only book in my house that had an MC named Heather.

I WILL NOT BE REVIEWING THIS

at least this goes towards my 2018 reading challenge

[Gerasimos Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved this as a child. Yes I know I am a boy and this should appeal to girls only, but fairies (kind and beautiful on the outside, dark on the inside) always fascinated me. I was a strange kid.

[Millie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is about a dairy called Heather and she is trapped I can’t remover what though and Jack Frost banished Rachel and Kirsy save her and all her sisters

[Ella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Podľa mňa je to veľmi pekná knižka pre tých, ktorí veria na zázraky.

[Kelly]

When you and your daughter are both reading books about fairies lol

[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!

[$hanel · Rating 5 out of 5]

On the last book Rachel and Kirsty are on their last fairy to find which is Heather the violet fairy and boy does this one get juicy! (I know that sounds really geeky of me!) When Rachel and Kirsty are on their last day at RainSpell Island they find HEATHER THE VIOLET FAIRY! THEIR LAST FAIRY!!! Only the bad news is that Jack Frost finds out and that means that Rachel and Kirsty are in BIG trouble! (In Jack Frost`s opinion.) Will Fairy Land be dazzling forever or gray and gloomy?

[Lolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The same as all the others, cute little story about goblins and fairies. Ellie read this one to ME. It's so fun having a daughter who loves to read like I do.

[Magdalene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heather was great!

[Alexa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book. I think you should read this book.

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Predictable ending to this series, but no less magical and adventurous for it.

[Arthur · Rating 1 out of 5]

You have to read this to finish the series, but hardly worth the effort. It is so short and rescuing Heather is too easy.

[Julia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh boy… the plot. where? Someone notify me when it’s found, because I sure couldn’t find it. Let’s get this straight, they saved the fairy Heather from a painting and then attempted to stop Jack Frost with a wall of rain, then trapped him in a bubble. Then felt bad for trapping him in a bubble so they stuck him in a snow globe. Then the main characters then caught a ride with the newly united fairies to meet the king and queen. Only for every character to decide one second later that Jack Frost was important because of the role winter plays so they just release him. And Jack accepts it and doesn’t retaliate, AT ALL??? The climax of this story should even be allowed to call itself that, there was very little rising action it was more of just things happening for no particular reason.

I get that this is intended for children but this was mind numbingly dull. I have had this on my shelf for a bit and was on a mission to read every book i haven’t finished that holds a spot on my shelf. Upon the completion of this book, I might just have to donate it to my local library because throwing it directly into the trash seems wasteful. Although this book might deserve a fate worse than donation.

I might just have to build a time machine so I can go back to a time before I read this stinking book. It’s a shame because I enjoyed other books in this series but this one did not make the cut for me.

If I could rate this 0/5 stars, I would.

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm looking forward to when Miss 4 learns to read as some days I'm reading two of these fairy books aloud and she's grumpy that I haven't read a third! There are an incredible number of books (almost 300) in the Fairy vs Jack Frost series. Miss 4 loves looking at the maps at the beginning of the books and looking at the 'collection' at the end so she can show me which ones we've read from the mini-series. The opening series is quite nice as it's helping her learn the colours of the rainbow :) We now own a few secondhand fairy books and are trying to fill the gaps from the library, although that's meant that this mini-series we've read Red, Orange, Blue, Indigo, Violet (and had to skip yellow + green). The stories work pretty well as standalones so it doesn't matter hugely. The first mini-series has Kirsty and Rachel meeting for the first time (on holiday @ Rainspell Island) and helping restore colour to Fairyland. Miss 4's favourite was Izzy the Indigo Fairy as they rescue her from The Land of Sweets.

Miss 4 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.

[Vermeille · Rating 4 out of 5]

The holidays are over, and the magic is restored!

I think this is the longest book among the seven in this first series.

As expected, everything ends well: the two friends find the last fairy, who rejoins her sisters to defeat Jack Frost.

I especially loved the scene where the carousel gently carries them into a magical dimension, where even their hair seems to come alive.

A touching little detail: the secondhand copy I bought had been slightly colored in by its previous owner. I found it really sweet to see how these little books had been cherished, even through their illustrations.

My only minor regret is that the featured fairy, Heather, didn’t get much focus since the conclusion of the saga took up almost all the space.

All in all, this trip back to childhood was as enchanting as ever, and I’m glad I decided to collect these books again.

[Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was super excited to reread this series, but it was kinda disappointing. I don't regret rereading it or anything nor do I have anything against these books, the author, or people who like and enjoy these books.
Just when I went back to these books they weren't as great as I remember them being.
Even though I was disappointed going back to this series and thought all the books were kinda boring. But, I don't really regret rereading this series though. It was kinda fun going back plus the books are so short and easy to read that they don't take up so much time to read.

[Mary Pimbblet · Rating 2 out of 5]

My six year old was very happy that the girls got to turn into fairies again in this book. She was a little worried about the colour not returning to Fairyland.
I keep hoping she’ll lose interest in these and read something with a better plot, but she keeps finding things she enjoys in them.
I thought this was a really badly plotted example of this series, relying completely on a convenient magical item.

[Kevin Hogg · Rating 4 out of 5]

In most ways, a good conclusion to the series. Some appearances by characters from earlier in the book, some more magical happenings, and Mr. Goodfellow fit the series well. This one includes the final showdown, which has enough development to be enjoyable. The only thing that didn't come together for me was the resolution--it seemed a bit abrupt and incomplete. Altogether, the family enjoyed the series. The books seem to be finding the formula that works even in the first series.

[Martyna Mituzaitė · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't find the book before this book anywhere, so everything was pretty confusing for me. I think, that book should be strong enough, to stand on it's own. Anyways, this book series is for children, so I guess children won't care that much and they'll focus more on the main message of the book - friendship and it's magic.

[Ellee Nichols · Rating 4 out of 5]

Copyright date: 2003
Star rating: 4
Award: N/A
Genre: beginner chapter book
Summary w/ themes: This is the last book in the series where two friends have found all of the rainbow fairies.
Use for future classroom: This would be a good series for my library
Thoughts of book: I enjoyed this book