Helena the Horse-riding Fairy

The Sporty Fairies #1

by Daisy Meadows

The Sports Fairies' magical items are missing, and now the Fairy Olympics are going all wrong! This is our ninth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books will be released at once.

It's an exciting time in Fairyland. Everyone is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics! But Jack Frost's goblins have stolen the Sports Fairies' magic objects. Now they're threatening to take over the whole competition!

The stables are all mixed up --- and it's the goblins' fault! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Helena the Horseriding Fairy rein things in?

Find the enchanted object in each book, and help keep the Fairyland Olympics magical!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fairies, Magic, Chapter Books, Fiction, Animals

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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

[Melissa Brandts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lucy read this all by herself!

[The Dragon Den Book Blog]

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!

[Kevin Hogg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the start of a new series. I like the premise, but I feel like the problem could be more clearly defined. It's essentially that sports don't run smoothly if the fairies' items have been stolen, except near where the stolen items are. I like the sense of urgency with the Olympics approaching, and it was a nice change to see the girls run into a couple of obstacles along the way. Sometimes it seems like their first plan works out smoothly, but this one has a bit more of a challenge to it. It would have been nice to see something a bit trickier to win back the magic item, but the (mildly-)evil goblins make these books fun. I'm looking forward to the next in the series. That's when the Rainbow Fairies books start to pick up, as the first books always suffer a bit from needing to fit the storyline for the series and the plot for the book into just a handful of chapters.

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sporty Fairies (U.S name: Sports Fairies) are the 9th series. The Sporty Fairies are responsible for making sure that everyone in fairy land and the human world have fun playing sports. They each have a magic item (related to their sport) and when the goblins steal them this makes sports more difficult for everyone. Not good when the Fairyland Olympics are due to start and kids everywhere are on school holidays.

There are seven Sporty fairies and they are: Helena the Horseriding Fairy, Francesca the Football Fairy, Zoe the Skating Fairy, Naomi the Netball Fairy, Samantha the Swimming Fairy, Alice the Tennis Fairy and Gemma the Gymnastics Fairy.

Action takes place around Tippington Town with Kirsty staying with Rachel.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute books but so predictable, especially after you’ve read two! By the third, my daughter sighed and put the book down saying “I can guess exactly what’s going to happen... I think I’m bored of these books.”

[Julia Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was little I read the color rainbow fairies and loved them. I haven't read this book before but I love horses and wanted to read it. I liked this book but not as much as the original stories. I think its because I just loved the original series when I was younger.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

The most interesting aspect is trying to imagine a horse small enough for a fairy to ride
Maybe Meadows Inc could have a spinoff series about the small horses.
They just need one story idea and then they could produce 1000 of them.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horses, magic, friendship, adventure and danger - what more could you want in a juvenile fiction book?

[Ananiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that it was an amazing book but I love horse riding so maybe it is because of that

[Nicola]

DNF

[Manouka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vibes.

[Macie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i liked this book so much. I just dont,t get why jack frost has to always try and make everthing with the fairies👿😁😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Presley loves these fairy books… haha I’m not totally sure why…

[Lucy Holden · Rating 2 out of 5]

loved this book when i was a child

[Marysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book of seven in the Sports Fairies series by the group of authors who go by the name Daisy Meadows. It's a fun series, especially for young girls who are starting to read chapter books. Our oldest is addicted and will often read several in one day! This series has a sports theme and I like that it encourages girls to be active and try new sports.

I have read so many of these books that I must admit I've become immune to their silliness. I love that I can read them after she does and discuss the plots and her thoughts about the story and about what will happen next in the series. We will certainly read more of these books as long as they are still being written. I will always be thankful that this is one series that helped her to develop a love for reading.

May 2012 update: our youngest is now immersing herself in this series and is reading them very quickly, too. As inane as I thought they were, I love that this series is making readers of our girls. Hooray!

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy are going to Tippington Stables, but just as they walk out of Rachel's room, her music box starts to play. That means Rachel and Kristy need to help the fairies. Inside of the music box was a note that said "we need your help" in golden letters. Rachel and Kristy opened their golden lockets and sprinkled fairy dust on themselves so they could go to Fairy Land. There they find out about Jack Frost stealing all the Sports Fairies magical objects. The magical objects make sure that every sport isn't too hard and people can play them. Rachel, Kristy and Helena the Horseriding Fairy go back to the human world so she can go to the horseriding place with Rachel and Kristy to look for her magical riding helmet. When they get to the horse arena they look for goblins before Rachel and Kristy's horseriding class starts. They find one on a horse. He has the magical riding helmet on his head. Helena uses magic to unstrap the helmet just before the horse jumps over one of the bushes. The helmet flies right off and Rachel and Kristy go to grab it.

[Felicity The Magnificent · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because it was the first book of the sports fairies. Helena the Horse-riding Fairy. Um. Daddy don't write this. Giggle. Giggle. Giggle. had a magic horse-riding cap, and it was lost. Kristy and Rachel helped her find it, and she found it. -by Felicity

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was good

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really hate these books. And there are approximately 500 of them. Sigh.

[Annabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read all of it yet, hope it's good. I think so far maybe 4star from what I've read so far, it is filled with juice first of all.

[Makayla Partin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sports fairy books seem pretty well. I can't wait to read the rest of them

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

famous horse riders were having trouble with horse back riding

[Claire Hua · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the sport fairies lost their magic tool's! I do expect Kirsty, and Rachel to come and help.

[Alexis Allinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 6 year old daughter received the book for Christmas.

I read it and really did enjoy it and I'm 40.

[Cmfzebra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like her special boots for riding horses.