The Petal Fairies have a very important job - together with their magic petals they help to make sure that flowers grow and bloom in the human world. But after Jack Frost sent his goblins to steal the magic petals in the hope they would help to grow flowers in his cold and dreary ice castle, the petals have ended up scattered in the human world. Rachel and Kirsty must help the Tia the Tulip Fairy, Pippa the Poppy Fairy, Louise the Lily Fairy, Charlotte the Sunflower Fairy, Olivia the Orchid Fairy, Danielle the Daisy Fairy and Ella the Rose Fairy to find their magic petals before the goblins get their hands on them. But this time Jack Frost has given the goblins a wand to help them - he's determined to get those petals before the fairies do, whatever it takes! Can Rachel and Kirsty help find the daisy petal for Danielle?
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.
In this book two girls named Kristy and Rachel are on spring vacation at Blossom Hall! The past five days they noticed that The fairies’s magic petals are missing, and that without the magic petals flowers will always be wilting, and never looking pretty again. They also figured out that Jack Frost and his goblins are also trying to steal the magic petals. Kristy and Rachel also made a promise to help the fairies find their magic petals! So far Kristy and Rachel found five magic petals, but they still have two magic petals to find! Today Kristy and Rachel hiked up a hill. The hill was very tiring to hike up, but they noticed it was worth it. On the hill there was a amazing view, and they had a picnic. Soon they spotted a secret message from the fairies! Not long after they met Danielle the daisy fairy! She said that Jack Frost’s goblins are in the forest, and they found her magic petal already! Not long after they spotted the magic petal for daisies stuck under a goblin’s foot! A petal is very hard to get if you’re trying to get it under a foot! What are the girls going to do!? READ THE BOOK!!!
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!
Rachel and Kristy are at Blossom Hall again and they go on a picnic. There they find Danielle the Daisy Fairy and they look for goblins. When they find them, they have the petal. Rachel and Kristy get turned into fairies and fly over to try to get the petal. It was on a rock. When the goblin made a hail stone storm only over the rock, one of the hail stones hit Danielle and she lost her wand. Then, they see a girl who says they can help to get the petal and the wand. The girl's name is Rebecca. She was super excited to meet a real fairy, but it was supposed to be Rachel and Kristy's secret. Rebecca takes out an umbrella from her backpack and covers the fairies. Rachel, Kristy and Danielle fly over to grab the wand and the petal. They get it and Danielle turns Rachel and Kristy back into girls now that she has her wand.
We finished this last night and started in on Ella the Rose right away which we also finished in the same sitting. Danielle the daisy follows along the same lines as the others which a special surprise towards the end in the form of Rebecca, a girl who happens along and comes to their aid. Rebecca was a nice surprise and change to the story. I've said it before and I'll say it again, with so many seven book series it's amazing that the authors were able to get them unique. That being said, reading them in a row, as we have been doing, can start to grate on the nerves. We're going to continue reading the Fairy books but from now on it'll be one series at a time with breaks in between. Fourteen books in a row is just too much for Mommy. :-)
Book six in the The Petal Fairies series by the group of authors who call themselves Daisy Meadows. Their books are so formulaic, no wonder they've churned out more than a hundred of them. But our oldest loves them and gets more and more at the library every time. She's averaging one every day or every other day, so it'll still take many months before she exhausts the selections.
While this is #6 in the "Petal Fairies" series, it was only #2 for my daughter and me. The plot is exactly the same as the previous one, and the climax was hardly as exciting. I think there are something like 24 books in this whole series--maybe even more. I think I'm in for some monotonous nightly reading, but at least my five-year-old daughter loves them!
I finally read one title in this very popular series. It's a bit hard to imagine why they're so popular. We discussed them in our series Readers' Advisory meeting and agreed that from here readers can move to Disney Fairies and Rodda's Fairy Realm.
My 2 year old loves me reading these books to her, she loves fairies. These books are for older than her but they make excellent rainy day books for me to read to her whilst cuddling up together on the sofa.
As a Children's Librarian, I felt compelled to read this and expand my awareness of children's literature. I wasn't surprised by what I found - it's not terrible but there are far better options at this level.