Double Trouble Dwarfs

Pixie Tricks #7

by Tracey West

Rediscover Tracey West's Pixie Tricks series and its cast of mischievous fairies, dwarfs, and wizards. This collectable early-chapter series is back with new covers and all the classic fun.

Fourteen fairies have escaped from their world. Now they're causing trouble in out world! It's up to a girl named Violet and a fairy named Sprite to trick them all and send them back home. Who will they trick next?

Greenie and Meanie are dwarfs, and they are up to no good! Violet and Sprite have tracked down lots of clues, but it will take the perfect plan to stop these dog-napping dwarfs!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Magic, Kids, Fairies, 2nd Grade

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Emma Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had all the puppies, so it was automatically awesome. I liked how their trick to get the drawers to return to the Otherworld was literally just them asking the dwarves to return to the Otherworld. Not sure if that actuslly counts as a trick, but... Puppies!

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read the prior books, but it's easy enough to follow along with what's happening, since it has a Baby-Sitters Club-style recap at the beginning of the book. Essentially, a fairy (Sprite), a girl (Violet), and the girl's brother (Leon) have been wrangling pixies* who have been making trouble. This time, the trouble comes from a pair of twin dwarfs** named Meanie and Greenie, who are stealing dogs.

Why?

...I mean, LOOK AT THEM. Best boys and girls! Such good doggos! Who wouldn't want them, eh??

I like the story, because it has a delightfully WIN/WIN ending! It's instinctive to sort of give the bad guys "what's coming to them," but when everyone gets to leave happy, isn't that amazing?

The star downgrade is from I actually DON'T like the free stickers! They are very sparkly—TOO sparkly! It's difficult to tell what is actually on the sticker from the sheer sparkle from the background! I don't know much about sticker-making, but I'm sure it could've been toned down slightly to make the images appear clearer. As it is, I can barely make out what they're supposed to be. (It doesn't help that the prior owner of my copy used three of the six, probably as instructed: stick them in the designated areas in book 1 and book 2.)

Overall, a nice, wholesome read! Recommended for fans of magical creatures (and dogs)!

*though I'm still a bit confused by the difference between fairies and pixies... I think it's like the difference between horses and ponies?

**not dwarves, I guess...

[Jigme Choedak · Rating 5 out of 5]

in this tricking part they tricks greenie and meanie who are the dwarfs. they loves doggy that they steal dogs. they want to make a zoo in the otherworld to ge money.
but at last when violet gave greenie and meanie an food they think that was delecious so they plan to sell that food that was given...

[Emma Van · Rating 3 out of 5]

i chose to read this book when i was younger around 7.i very munch enjoyed it when i was younger.lots of fairys and pixies and aventures capturing bad guys.i recomend this book to children 5-10.category in bingo board:a fantasy book.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was sort of a little bad because the dwarfs were stealing dogs to make money because they wanted to be rich.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book always reminded me of my brothers. I can't think why but it did. I would highly recommend this book series!