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Fairy Realm #2
The Flower Fairies
The Fairy Realm needs Jessie's The griffins that guard the treasure house are out of control! Then, just when Jessie thinks things are back to normal, the youngest flower fairies follow Jessie out of the Realm. Can Jessie protect them from the dangers of her own world?
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Emily Rodda
297 books2,113 followersEmily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1973 with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Moving into a publishing career, first as a book editor, and finally as a publisher at Angus & Robertson, Rodda's first book was published in 1984.
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June 21, 2020
1.) The Charm Bracelet ★★★★
2.) The Flower Fairies ★★★.5
3.) The Third Wish ★★★
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BOOK #16 READ FOR BELIEVATHON ROUND 2.
representation: characters of colour (described as having dark skin).
[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]
★★★.5
So adorable. I absolutely would have eaten these up when I was younger!
trigger warnings: near drowning.
2.) The Flower Fairies ★★★.5
3.) The Third Wish ★★★
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BOOK #16 READ FOR BELIEVATHON ROUND 2.
representation: characters of colour (described as having dark skin).
[trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers]
★★★.5
So adorable. I absolutely would have eaten these up when I was younger!
trigger warnings: near drowning.
July 20, 2020
The exciting sequel to the first book (The Charm Bracelet) as we return to the world of the magical realm as explored before. Jessie is back and with her new magical friends. However, danger strikes again in the form of a group of Griffins who are meant to be protecting the precious treasure house but instead a bunch of fairies end up going missing. Enjoyable and fast-paced once again. Perfect MG read for a rainy afternoon!
July 26, 2017
In some ways it was bit predictable (there was a twist or two but they were not hugely earth-shattering). I wasn't keen on the cliche of the "mean girl", Irena, however I realise some sort of an adversary is needed in an otherwise all too sweet series.
Jessie solves her problems with intelligence, bravery and the desire to help others. She is aided by her grandmother (who in this book takes a more backgrounded role). The flower fairies were slightly cliche being named after flowers and being dim-witted but charming best-friends. Theirs was not the only type of femininity depicted however, and certainly Jessie makes mistakes out of insecurity and a sort of hopeful naughtiness (quite plausible in a child her age) rather than out of stupidity or true malice. The role of confidence in being able to dance and the role of adults in fostering or destroying this was quite well looked at for all that I don;t believe for a moment in the way a school concert is depicted in this book. Jessie's teacher would have needed to scaffold the learning better not to just throw children in the deep-end that way. Irene's envy while portrayed as unreasonable and nasty in nature in actual fact could have partly been due to insecurity.
Anyway this is meant to be a simple, short book for beginning readers and perhaps too much complexity is not possible in it. Once again Rodda has succeeded in putting girls and women mentors in the centre of this series and few enough writers do that as uncompromisingly.
Jessie solves her problems with intelligence, bravery and the desire to help others. She is aided by her grandmother (who in this book takes a more backgrounded role). The flower fairies were slightly cliche being named after flowers and being dim-witted but charming best-friends. Theirs was not the only type of femininity depicted however, and certainly Jessie makes mistakes out of insecurity and a sort of hopeful naughtiness (quite plausible in a child her age) rather than out of stupidity or true malice. The role of confidence in being able to dance and the role of adults in fostering or destroying this was quite well looked at for all that I don;t believe for a moment in the way a school concert is depicted in this book. Jessie's teacher would have needed to scaffold the learning better not to just throw children in the deep-end that way. Irene's envy while portrayed as unreasonable and nasty in nature in actual fact could have partly been due to insecurity.
Anyway this is meant to be a simple, short book for beginning readers and perhaps too much complexity is not possible in it. Once again Rodda has succeeded in putting girls and women mentors in the centre of this series and few enough writers do that as uncompromisingly.
August 15, 2017
Read aloud to Vivian again. A great series!
September 27, 2014
I liked when Jessie helped the flower fairies because they were on a mission. And they were hidden. They were hiding from the rain and they couldn't fly in the rain. So they got lost and Jessie had to find them! They never found the griffin again. The End
November 21, 2017
These books basically taught me how to read.
September 23, 2020
The Fairy Realm series are wholesome lighthearted reads featuring a secret fairy realm found through a doorway at the edge of the garden. There's magic and mythical creatures and miniature horses that talk (because what else would you find in a secret fairy realm? duh.) It's reminiscent of Shirley Barber's gorgeous picture books albeit with less impressive artwork (Shirley Barber is incredibly talented). It's a good series for tween girls. I loved this series as a kid, they were imaginative and magical and I loved every minute. I'm pretty sure this series is what started my love of charm bracelets too.
The Flower Fairies
Jessie is excited that her and her mum have finally made the move to live with her grandmother at Blue Moon but starting a new school is daunting and when the teacher asks for volunteers for the play, Jessie thinks it will be a good chance to fit in. Unfortunately volunteering for the part of the butterfly involves a solo dance - and Jessie can't dance. She's not sure what she's going to do but the Realm has problems of it's own and when Maybelle comes to recruit her - Jessie puts the dancing out of her mind and focuses on the more immediate issue. The Realm has too much magic now that Jessica restored the magic and the Griffins have taken into their head to guard everything in the Realm not just the Queen's treasures. I enjoyed Jessie's solution for the Griffins. That's what I really love about this series how logical and practical it is - even if it is magical. The flower fairies were funny - very mischievous. And I love her new butterfly charm. 5 stars.
The Flower Fairies
Jessie is excited that her and her mum have finally made the move to live with her grandmother at Blue Moon but starting a new school is daunting and when the teacher asks for volunteers for the play, Jessie thinks it will be a good chance to fit in. Unfortunately volunteering for the part of the butterfly involves a solo dance - and Jessie can't dance. She's not sure what she's going to do but the Realm has problems of it's own and when Maybelle comes to recruit her - Jessie puts the dancing out of her mind and focuses on the more immediate issue. The Realm has too much magic now that Jessica restored the magic and the Griffins have taken into their head to guard everything in the Realm not just the Queen's treasures. I enjoyed Jessie's solution for the Griffins. That's what I really love about this series how logical and practical it is - even if it is magical. The flower fairies were funny - very mischievous. And I love her new butterfly charm. 5 stars.
November 23, 2019
I read this book to my five-year-old and she thoroughly enjoyed it, while it was OK for me - so I placed the rating somewhere around mid-range.
As far as fairy book adventures go, Emily Rodda's Fairy Realm is quite good story-wise; which is why I haven't minded reading it to my daughter. As you can imagine, Fairy Realm: The Flower Fairies is a fairly basic story, however Rodda's writing makes it a lot more exciting for children.
A decent read for the write audience.
As far as fairy book adventures go, Emily Rodda's Fairy Realm is quite good story-wise; which is why I haven't minded reading it to my daughter. As you can imagine, Fairy Realm: The Flower Fairies is a fairly basic story, however Rodda's writing makes it a lot more exciting for children.
A decent read for the write audience.
January 25, 2025
Overall, a pretty disappointing follow up in this realm series. There wasn’t any character building and the problems were pretty disappointing. There’s too much magic in the realm as a result of events in #1, which is causing magic creatures from fairies to griffins to be over active. The griffins are guarding things they shouldn’t be guarding, causing major annoyances in the realm… The solution to this adds to a the core problem in the real world: the main character is struggling with nerves in a school play at her new school, as well as with a bully type character.
Plot, magic building, and character building are all weak. I do appreciate the author trying to connect themes to real world issues kids can identity with.
Plot, magic building, and character building are all weak. I do appreciate the author trying to connect themes to real world issues kids can identity with.
December 13, 2025
When Queen Helena's pet griffins start acting up, Jessica is drawn back to the Fairy Realm to help her friends - but none of them could predict how her actions will affect not only their home, but the fate of both her upcoming school concert and the mischievous flower fairies! Rodda and Vitale offer fans a well paced and mildly tense sequel, magically mundane and lighthearted.
February 24, 2022
I was actually kind of scared when one of the flower fairies got caught by a human that was not friends with Jessie. But it was her neighbor. And it caught one of the flower fairies from the realm. That was my favorite part even though I was scared.
July 25, 2017
Another cute, quick adventure from Ms. Rodda.
June 3, 2019
My 9 yr old says it was just as magical as the first.
April 26, 2020
I loved it 🧚♀️
October 28, 2020
Great series to read with my girls.
April 1, 2021
*7.43 CAWPILE
April 18, 2025
5 stars bc i know that's what i would have rated it the first time i read it<3
May 20, 2025
this was cute! revisited it as an adult. I think it was better than the first one by a bit. it felt like Jessie had issues that a lot of young kids can relate to this time.
February 18, 2025
Mabel having a Kath&Kim level Australian accent is the best part of the audiobooks
January 21, 2016
This is the second book in the Fairy Realm series of books. This one is about Jessie who has made contact with the Fairy Realm and has been accepted by the fairies. In this story she has problems to help them with, and problems of her own.
For her own problems, she has to perform a dance at a school event, and she feels she is clumsy and will fail miserably at the dance. Still, something happens that gives her some hope.
As to the fairy problems, there are some griffins that have sort of gotten out of control, a little over-zealous at their job of guarding, and Jessie tries to help the fairies sort that out. Then, when some of the fairies visit the human realm, they end up getting in very serious trouble, and it's Jessie's job to rescue them.
The artwork in this book is extremely well done, some of the best I have ever seen in any similar book. The story itself is also very well done, making this a must-have for your fairy collection.
For her own problems, she has to perform a dance at a school event, and she feels she is clumsy and will fail miserably at the dance. Still, something happens that gives her some hope.
As to the fairy problems, there are some griffins that have sort of gotten out of control, a little over-zealous at their job of guarding, and Jessie tries to help the fairies sort that out. Then, when some of the fairies visit the human realm, they end up getting in very serious trouble, and it's Jessie's job to rescue them.
The artwork in this book is extremely well done, some of the best I have ever seen in any similar book. The story itself is also very well done, making this a must-have for your fairy collection.
September 27, 2016
I picked this up by accident the first time, and without having read the first one, so of course I didn't like it.
So I went back, read the first one, and changed my stupid opinion.
Overall it was a fun story, and I thought the ending was the best, cleverest part of the book. I feel like Rodda had it all planned out first, and went back and wrote in the follow-up second. But I do wish that Valda (the villainess from Book 1) was worked in somehow. Or worked back into the series at all at this point. She seemed to be a major player, but now she's a non-entity?
Again, same problems I had with book 1: overly simple, not as complex, and I'm a 25 year old reading a book for someone 10 or 12 years my junior, so there's bound to be a disconnect.
I'd still recommend the series, though. They're quite cute.
So I went back, read the first one, and changed my stupid opinion.
Overall it was a fun story, and I thought the ending was the best, cleverest part of the book. I feel like Rodda had it all planned out first, and went back and wrote in the follow-up second. But I do wish that Valda (the villainess from Book 1) was worked in somehow. Or worked back into the series at all at this point. She seemed to be a major player, but now she's a non-entity?
Again, same problems I had with book 1: overly simple, not as complex, and I'm a 25 year old reading a book for someone 10 or 12 years my junior, so there's bound to be a disconnect.
I'd still recommend the series, though. They're quite cute.
February 11, 2014
Jessie had a pair of the realms wings. The flower fairies came to warn her that the griffons had heard that Jessie had a pair of the realms wings but all of the fairies were in danger exept for Violet the shyest. Jessie and Violet had to save them before they die.
Will they get all of the fairies safe before it's to late? Just read the end of the book to find out what happens next.
I like this book exept for when the flower fairies are in danger. I really like this seires so far and I can't wait to read the rest of the seires and this seires is a really good to read. This seires is the best seires ever!
In the beginning of the book Jessie was so busy to come to the realm so Mayabelle was waiting for her in Jessie's yard. I think that Patrice is the nicest friend that Jessie has.
Will they get all of the fairies safe before it's to late? Just read the end of the book to find out what happens next.
I like this book exept for when the flower fairies are in danger. I really like this seires so far and I can't wait to read the rest of the seires and this seires is a really good to read. This seires is the best seires ever!
In the beginning of the book Jessie was so busy to come to the realm so Mayabelle was waiting for her in Jessie's yard. I think that Patrice is the nicest friend that Jessie has.
August 10, 2009
A reading level up from the Fairy Chronicles with more complicated text, story line and black and white illustrated drawings. Good transitional preparation for young girl readers who are moving away from the easier chapter books.
May 3, 2010
I would give this book (and the rest of the series) two or three stars. It is a really good book, for younger kids (7-9).
For me, I enjoyed it when I was younger, but now, it was.....interesting. Totally great series for young girls. Pretty easy read too.
For me, I enjoyed it when I was younger, but now, it was.....interesting. Totally great series for young girls. Pretty easy read too.
July 4, 2010
Whiled Jesse is on a visit to the firy realm, she meets some cute little flower fairies. they ask her for help to solve their problem. THe griffins who gruard the treasure are out of control and everything gets v dangerous
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May 27, 2016What i thought of fairy realm was about this girl named jesse had some little fairy friends. and she was talking to the little fairys. and she was just helping the little fairys and letting them touch her hair.
December 22, 2007
My girls love these books. These a great beginner fantasy books, which I even enjoy reading. The plots are simple yet exciting and diverse. These are a good read.
June 23, 2008
fairy books... idk why i read it.
September 23, 2008
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ILOVED IT
November 4, 2008
love it
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