Isabelle The Ice Dance Fairy

The Dance Fairies #7

by Daisy Meadows

Can Rachel and Kirsty help the Dance Fairies get their grooves back?

The Dance Fairies' magic ribbons are missing! Without them, all kinds of dances are getting off on the wrong foot. Everyone is miserable, except for Jack Frost and his goblins. They have the ribbons . . . and it's up to Rachel and Kirsty to get them back!

It's a slippery situation when Isabelle the Ice Dance Fairy's ribbon disappears! Can Rachel and Kirsty skate their way to victory and find the final ribbon?

Find the magic ribbon in each book, and help keep the Dance Fairies on their toes!

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fairies, Fiction, Chapter Books, Magic, 2nd Grade

80 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 2007

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

[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!

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are seven Dance fairies and they are: Bethany the Ballet Fairy, Jade the Disco Fairy, Rebecca the Rock 'n' Roll Fairy, Tasha the Tap Dance Fairy, Jessica the Jazz Fairy, Saskia the Salsa Fairy and Imogen the Ice Dance Fairy. Their magic ribbons are needed to help people dance properly. The goblins are drawn to music that matches their ribbon and feel the need to dance. They also temporarily gain ice magic and ability to freeze people. Rachel is staying with Kirsty again and they need to help the fairies!

Hold tight to the ribbons, please.
You goblins now may feel a breeze.
I'm summoning a hurricane.
To take the ribbons away again.
But, goblins, you'll be swept up too,
For I have work for you to do.
Guard each ribbon carefully,
By using this new power to freeze.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get the impression the geezers that work tougher to produce this tripe all sat in a meeting and someone said
Well we have six titles and we need another dance style to get the last book
What;'s it about
Well dancing on ice
So how about the Ice Dance Fairy
Is that a dance style
Well it is now
OK and make sure the character starts with a I
Irma
No
Ivy
No
Imogen
Yes that is very modern and trendy
Ok!

And so you get book seven and the dance fairies are all saved from certain death and destruction - well something like that anyway.

[I.H · Rating 5 out of 5]

These were books I read a child and they hold significant nostalgia for me. I used to borrow them from the library and loved the way they were sorted into mini-series of seven books each (I still do; I’m a sucker for organisation). Imogen the Ice Dance Fairy is the only one I own now. I thought that reading it as an adult would ruin it, but though it’s obviously a children’s book, I found I still got excited and smiled and I did enjoy it. It was quick-paced, grammatically correct, dotted with cute drawings. They’re great, short books and perfect for a bedtime story.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read all seven "Dance Fairies" books to my 4-year-old, and she enjoyed them, even though she doesn't know anything about particular dance styles (Salsa, Disco, etc.). The premise is appropriate for all ages and it's nice that about 50% of the pages have pictures. My main qualm is that there are way too many adverbs in these books. Nearly every action verb is accompanied by an adverb, which becomes quite grating and tiring by the 7th book. At least it's good for building vocabulary!

[bella]

Listen, is it silly to be logging rainbow magic fairy books as a 23yo. Yes of course duh. But, I believe I have earned myself the right to log three extra books fr after spending half the year on Anna Karenina when I know I wouldn’t be as far behind in my yearly reading challenge had I chose to not. It’s my reading challenge and I shall tackle it how I choose!

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5 year old daughter LOVES these books!

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this because I love ice skating it is a wonderful sport.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great juvenile fiction book filed with magic, friendship and fun with an element of danger.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ice dancing is the best dancing

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good

[im · Rating 5 out of 5]

imogen is a girlboss

[Keira Mc · Rating 3 out of 5]

In first grade I feverishly read at least the first 50 of these books. I think I read every one the school library had

[Lucy Holden · Rating 2 out of 5]

loved this book when i was a child

[Imogen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not gunna lie this book has my name in it ( Imogen ) so it is already good but this is probably the longest fairy books I’ve read and it was worth it .

[Cecelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy go to an ice dance show with all the Disney characters. One of Kristy's friends was playing in it. Her name was Jenny and she was playing Sleeping Beauty. When Rachel and Kristy go to the dressing room to wish her good luck, Jenny asked Kristy to hand her her ice skates and inside one of the ice skates was Imogen the Ice Dance Fairy. They found not only one goblin but seven in one of the closets down the hall getting changed into the junior hockey team uniforms. The goblins skated onto the smaller rink (not the one where the show was). One of the goblins in the front had the magical ice dancing ribbon. The one holding the ribbon was the best dancer. The goblins thought the hockey uniforms were beautiful ice dancing outfits. The ice rink had hockey nets on it. Rachel and Kristy came up with a plan. They put on ice skates and Imogen turned them into fairies. When they got on the ice, the goblins chased them right into one of the nets and Imogen was hovering right over the net. When the goblins got under it, she used her wand to make the net fall over them. Rachel and Kristy were small enough fairies to go through the netting. After Kristy and Rachel got out of the net, Rachel grabbed the ribbon from the tangle of goblin arms and legs. Then, since the ribbon was back on Isabelle's wand where it belonged, all the ice dancers could dance better. They even got the ribbon before any of the dancing started so that was very good.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, our oldest finished her first Rainbow Magic fairy series by the group of authors who write under the pseudonym Daisy Meadows. This is the last of seven stories in The Dance Fairies series. The books are quick reads and good fodder for young girls. Not my taste, but I love that our girls are getting into reading on their own.

Dec 2011 update: My youngest finished this book, too, and is proud that she finished an entire series of books. She is looking forward to reading another seven book fairy series, just like her big sister.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

11/1/10
There wasn't one goblin, there wasn't two goblins, there was seven! Kirsty and Rachel skated faster than them and they snatched it out of their hands. Then they tied them up in the ice hockey net.
11/15/12
The goblins stole Isabelles ribbon its up to the girls to get it back. But when they go to fight the goblin they find not one but 7! This is going to be harder then it looks!

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just one thing: what about the people seated by the rink? They saw the goblins come out at first but when two girls join them and then magically disappear (or seem to. They get turned into fairies) and then all this stuff happens (like the net tipping over). Do they just not see it?

BIGGEST PLOT HOLE EVER!!!!

[Abbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, I liked how Jenny had been practicing all week, but the magic dance ribbon was gone, so she couldn't dance correctly! But luckily, Kirsty and Rachel save the day by finding the magic ribbon before the dance competition started.

[Joeytay11 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imogen is the last fairy which needs to find the ribbon which is the HARDEST one to find, read the book to find out how Kirsty, Rachel and Imogen did to get the ribbon!

[Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

M liked this one too; no surprise!

[Abigale Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is very funny when the goblins thought ice hockey uniforms were ice dance outfits!

[Nichole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Isabel says, "I liked seeing Isabelle. I wished I was her." She also liked the cover and the fact that Isabelle could turn the girls into fairies.

[Kate Riolo · Rating 2 out of 5]

No chizz on this book!!$$!!$$

[Twyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Isabelle had to find her ice dance feather so the ice dance show would go well they got it back by trapping the goblins for 1 minute.Auryn 7yo

[Imogen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well.....mmmmm not sure. hmmmmmmm. Has anyone noticed that the stories are the same but just have different characters in?

[Alexa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an ice reading book. When I started reading this book I couldn't stop reading this book. Now the only kind of books I want to read are Daisy Meadows' fairy books.

[Gracie · Rating 4 out of 5]

quite a story!

[Lucy S · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked how all the goblins were getting very furious with each other.