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The Ocean Fairies #1
Ally the Dolphin Fairy
The Ocean Fairies keep all the sea creatures safe and happy -- until their magic goes missing! This is our eleventh group of Rainbow Magic fairies.
The Ocean Fairies keep all the sea creatures safe and happy! But when the goblins shatter their enchanted conch shell, seven magical sea creatures leave to search for the pieces. The Ocean Fairies must find the shells . . . and their animal friends!
Ally's dolphin friend, Echo, is guarding a shell near the aquarium. Can Rachel and Kirsty help track him down?
Find the missing creature in each book and help save the ocean magic!
The Ocean Fairies keep all the sea creatures safe and happy! But when the goblins shatter their enchanted conch shell, seven magical sea creatures leave to search for the pieces. The Ocean Fairies must find the shells . . . and their animal friends!
Ally's dolphin friend, Echo, is guarding a shell near the aquarium. Can Rachel and Kirsty help track him down?
Find the missing creature in each book and help save the ocean magic!
80 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2010
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About the author
Daisy Meadows
1,108 books728 followersDaisy 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.
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.
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July 14, 2015
This is the review of my seven year old daughter, Sydney.
This book made me happy and made me laugh. This book made me feel happy because there were so many happy parts. My favorite character was Echo the Dolphin because I like dolphins a lot. The characters are interesting and they are fun to read about. Sometimes there are some pictures which were also fun to look at.
You should read this book because it will help you get better at reading if you are grades 3 or 4. There are few hard words to read but no too many. This makes the reading a little bit easier for me and more fun!
This book made me happy and made me laugh. This book made me feel happy because there were so many happy parts. My favorite character was Echo the Dolphin because I like dolphins a lot. The characters are interesting and they are fun to read about. Sometimes there are some pictures which were also fun to look at.
You should read this book because it will help you get better at reading if you are grades 3 or 4. There are few hard words to read but no too many. This makes the reading a little bit easier for me and more fun!
November 15, 2013
i like the part when ally finds her pet dolphin.
March 19, 2011
This is a such a great series and one I'm looking forward to my little girl reading when she gets a little older. Ally's story is book 1 in a series of 7 books that take best friends Rachel and Kristy on a fun adventure to Fairyland to celebrate the Fairyland Ocean Gala. The two friends soon find themselves on a mission to find the 7 broken and scattered pieces from a conch shell, and help restore harmony to the ocean.
Daisy Meadows's Rainbow Magic Ocean Fairies are a great way to introduce younger readers into the fairy world. I loved reading this fun, filled adventure story and getting to meet the delightful ocean fairies. Each fairy has an ocean pet that helps them, from a dolphin, to a whale, a turtle and so on. The Ocean Fairies series is a great way to encourage younger readers to use their imaginations. I think this series will invite it's readers to explore not just a unique fairy world, but they'll enjoy getting to know best friends Kirsty and Rachel, as well as helping the girls on their adventure. I would highly recommend picking up this first in what looks to be a fantastic series
Daisy Meadows's Rainbow Magic Ocean Fairies are a great way to introduce younger readers into the fairy world. I loved reading this fun, filled adventure story and getting to meet the delightful ocean fairies. Each fairy has an ocean pet that helps them, from a dolphin, to a whale, a turtle and so on. The Ocean Fairies series is a great way to encourage younger readers to use their imaginations. I think this series will invite it's readers to explore not just a unique fairy world, but they'll enjoy getting to know best friends Kirsty and Rachel, as well as helping the girls on their adventure. I would highly recommend picking up this first in what looks to be a fantastic series
May 5, 2018
When Quuen Tina puts a spell a sneds all the magical amamals into the human world things go horrible. I love fairys and dolphins!!!
July 4, 2021
Ahhh I love these books. The were my favorite in elementary school.
June 2, 2022
MY FIRST MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOK SO ICONIC I FRICKIN LOVED THESE <3
July 3, 2011
This is the first book of seven in the Rainbow Magic Ocean Fairies series by the group of authors who go by the pseudonym Daisy Meadows. While the stories are basically the same and follow a simple formula, they are entertaining for young girls who are starting to read chapter books and I love that our oldest is just ripping through them. We both read the books separately and talk about what happens. I'm not a huge fan of them, but each story only takes about 5-10 minutes to read. And these stories feature sea creatures, so I enjoyed this book slightly more than some of the others. Our oldest is starting to read them very quickly, too, and she ended up finishing four of these stories in one day.
May 3, 2020
I’m glad books like this exist because it gets some kids reading.
But...
This was painful for me to read to my kids. The story line is very surface, my kids otherwise enjoy books that go a bit deeper. When I finished I told my husband I hate how some of the books I’ve read geared towards little girls these days are disjointed, boring, vapid, drivel.
Next we read Harry Potter.
But...
This was painful for me to read to my kids. The story line is very surface, my kids otherwise enjoy books that go a bit deeper. When I finished I told my husband I hate how some of the books I’ve read geared towards little girls these days are disjointed, boring, vapid, drivel.
Next we read Harry Potter.
November 10, 2024
I think that this book was okay. It was a little boring compared to Stephanie the Starfish Fairy, but it wasn’t a bad book by any means. I think that being first in the series made this book a little more info-dumpy than I would’ve liked and that also led to some very stilted dialogue and scenes (the Queen’s spell comes to mind).
Ally herself was pretty cool! The best part about her is definitely her design; I’ve always seen every group of fairies as sisters, the same way that the Rainbow Fairies were, so Ally’s design really made her stand out as the eldest sister (so to speak) - her hair was the longest, her dress was the only one to almost feel like a gown rather than a beach dress, and even Kirsty noted how elegant she looked.
Things I wish were done differently:
-This is such a silly thing to get pissed off about, and I know that Jack Frost is canonically stupid, but telling everyone he sent the pieces of the shell to the human world when the fairies’ human friends are right there is idiotic even by his standards. This could’ve been used as an opportunity to introduce some new magical concept that tells us where the pieces of the shell were sent.
-When the Queen said that she could change Jack Frost’s spell, I genuinely thought that she would re-word it to suit her needs… and she absolutely should’ve, this was such a missed opportunity on the writer’s part. (Her whooshing away the fairy animals with no warning was kind of funny though. I would’ve liked to see the Ocean fairies freak out a little more, like, what do you mean my fairy animal is all alone in the human world?)
-The missing piece causing dolphins to just not want to perform anymore was an interesting choice because like, that’s not all there is to them, I think maybe having them not be as friendly would’ve been a better idea.
-Okay but how did Jack Frost realize something went wrong with his spell? I promise you, this could’ve been elaborated on with one extra sentence.
This is not a pros and cons list, just things I noticed and wanted to mention.
-The invitation in the seashell was cute.
-Rachel saying that they should hide behind some rocks as they get transported to Fairyland was so funny because they have never hidden before this, they’ve opened those necklaces up before in broad daylight, not giving a single fuck who sees them get sparkled away.
-One other thing that I really like about the conch shell that I guess I never noticed last year while reading Stephanie and Shannon’s books was that the conch shell was never in Shannon’s book; it’s still a new magical object for both the girls and the readers and I kind of like the idea of older fairies having new lore attached to them.
-“I hate the ocean!” he ranted. “I can’t swim, and I don’t like getting sand between my toes. It’s no fun for me, so I don’t see why I should let any of you enjoy yourselves.” - And what if I said points were made?
-The light from the magic was so bright, Rachel had to shut her eyes. - This was an interesting detail because the girls have definitely seen the Queen do magic before, so I think I liked how this kind of implied that this is the most powerful display of magic that we’ve seen from the Queen.
-The impact of the broken conch shell being so immediate was great because it fit the pacing of the book (other Rainbow Magic series have shown more gradual impacts, but I think I prefer this). Also, it gave the writers the ability to make all these sea creatures do weird shit and I love that for them.
-I liked the callback to Shannon’s book when Ally helped the girls breathe underwater.
-The scene with the group of crabs was so funny! The one who had the shell fragment was clearly the youngest and all the others jumped in immediately to protect him, ready to fight the goblins to the death. (I like to imagine that this is the same group of crabs that Shannon sicced on the goblins in Stephanie’s book.)
-The goblins had the right idea fleeing the scene when Echo brought a dolphin army, I mean, sharks are afraid of dolphins for a reason.
-Most other fairies would just ask nicely and hope for the best; then if that doesn’t work, try to barter for their magical item. Not Ally. She said, I don’t have time for this what-if shit, just take the shiny pearl and give me my shell fragment. And she’s so real for that because A, the barter system works, and B, I would not take my chances with that specific family of crabs even if I were an Ocean Fairy.
-The whole water show was a legitimate jump scare for me because they are tiny fairies underwater and water sports are generally dangerous, and also, there’s full crowd of people that can spot them. They were in actual mortal danger in so many ways!(this is why I don’t fuck with water sports)
-Okay, so like, how did one of the goblins learn how to wakeboard?
Ally herself was pretty cool! The best part about her is definitely her design; I’ve always seen every group of fairies as sisters, the same way that the Rainbow Fairies were, so Ally’s design really made her stand out as the eldest sister (so to speak) - her hair was the longest, her dress was the only one to almost feel like a gown rather than a beach dress, and even Kirsty noted how elegant she looked.
Things I wish were done differently:
-This is such a silly thing to get pissed off about, and I know that Jack Frost is canonically stupid, but telling everyone he sent the pieces of the shell to the human world when the fairies’ human friends are right there is idiotic even by his standards. This could’ve been used as an opportunity to introduce some new magical concept that tells us where the pieces of the shell were sent.
-When the Queen said that she could change Jack Frost’s spell, I genuinely thought that she would re-word it to suit her needs… and she absolutely should’ve, this was such a missed opportunity on the writer’s part. (Her whooshing away the fairy animals with no warning was kind of funny though. I would’ve liked to see the Ocean fairies freak out a little more, like, what do you mean my fairy animal is all alone in the human world?)
-The missing piece causing dolphins to just not want to perform anymore was an interesting choice because like, that’s not all there is to them, I think maybe having them not be as friendly would’ve been a better idea.
-Okay but how did Jack Frost realize something went wrong with his spell? I promise you, this could’ve been elaborated on with one extra sentence.
-The invitation in the seashell was cute.
-Rachel saying that they should hide behind some rocks as they get transported to Fairyland was so funny because they have never hidden before this, they’ve opened those necklaces up before in broad daylight, not giving a single fuck who sees them get sparkled away.
-One other thing that I really like about the conch shell that I guess I never noticed last year while reading Stephanie and Shannon’s books was that the conch shell was never in Shannon’s book; it’s still a new magical object for both the girls and the readers and I kind of like the idea of older fairies having new lore attached to them.
-“I hate the ocean!” he ranted. “I can’t swim, and I don’t like getting sand between my toes. It’s no fun for me, so I don’t see why I should let any of you enjoy yourselves.” - And what if I said points were made?
-The light from the magic was so bright, Rachel had to shut her eyes. - This was an interesting detail because the girls have definitely seen the Queen do magic before, so I think I liked how this kind of implied that this is the most powerful display of magic that we’ve seen from the Queen.
-The impact of the broken conch shell being so immediate was great because it fit the pacing of the book (other Rainbow Magic series have shown more gradual impacts, but I think I prefer this). Also, it gave the writers the ability to make all these sea creatures do weird shit and I love that for them.
-I liked the callback to Shannon’s book when Ally helped the girls breathe underwater.
-The scene with the group of crabs was so funny! The one who had the shell fragment was clearly the youngest and all the others jumped in immediately to protect him, ready to fight the goblins to the death. (I like to imagine that this is the same group of crabs that Shannon sicced on the goblins in Stephanie’s book.)
-The goblins had the right idea fleeing the scene when Echo brought a dolphin army, I mean, sharks are afraid of dolphins for a reason.
-Most other fairies would just ask nicely and hope for the best; then if that doesn’t work, try to barter for their magical item. Not Ally. She said, I don’t have time for this what-if shit, just take the shiny pearl and give me my shell fragment. And she’s so real for that because A, the barter system works, and B, I would not take my chances with that specific family of crabs even if I were an Ocean Fairy.
-The whole water show was a legitimate jump scare for me because they are tiny fairies underwater and water sports are generally dangerous, and also, there’s full crowd of people that can spot them. They were in actual mortal danger in so many ways!
-Okay, so like, how did one of the goblins learn how to wakeboard?
November 13, 2022
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!
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!
March 3, 2022
This is the best opening book to any of the Rainbow Magic series that I have read so far. There's a good balance between setting up the series and making the first quest into a fully developed adventure. Jack Frost is as ridiculously villainous as ever, and there are enough obstacles and setbacks that the quest for the shell fragment is entertaining.
September 21, 2024
I said this in another book from the series, but my daughter has mentioned wanting there to be more info on the ocean animals and not being into the goblin aspect. I agree the goblins seem misplaced in this series
August 4, 2017
I really liked ally the dolphin fairy because I like dolphins.
August 8, 2018
Maren finally said "Done with these Rainbow Fairies."
February 3, 2019
hi this is 2019 15 year old me who remembers that 6 year old me loved this book so,,,,,yeet
(i'm going to repeat this statement for literally every book i add to my children's literature shelf okay)
(i'm going to repeat this statement for literally every book i add to my children's literature shelf okay)
April 16, 2019
Cool and interesting book
November 11, 2019
I loved the book Ally was so pretty
January 8, 2020
Erin, age 6: It’s about a dolphin and a fairy. They work together. There’s nothing about this book that I didn’t like. Quick read.
July 12, 2020
Magic, dolphins, adventure and friendship. A fun-filled, exciting story.
October 2, 2024
I'll give this one points for doing the broken conch and not magical items, but it's not much to write home about. I do generally like having the magical animals, though
January 19, 2025
Ally was my favorite😊
July 14, 2025
I absolutely love dolphins it was amazing
February 20, 2017
this is the first of the ocean fairies and true to form it is s little more interesting. I liked the visit to the sea life museum. it reminded me of the one in mystic CT. Girls will like this even though it is highly predictable.
March 19, 2011
This is a such a great series and one I'm looking forward to my little girl reading when she gets a little older. Ally's story is book 1 in a series of 7 books that take best friends Rachel and Kristy on a fun adventure to Fairyland to celebrate the Fairyland Ocean Gala. The two friends soon find themselves on a mission to find the 7 broken and scattered pieces from a conch shell, and help restore harmony to the ocean.
Daisy Meadows's Rainbow Magic Ocean Fairies are a great way to introduce younger readers into the fairy world. I loved reading this fun, filled adventure story and getting to meet the delightful ocean fairies. Each fairy has an ocean pet that helps them, from a dolphin, to a whale, a turtle and so on. The Ocean Fairies series is a great way to encourage younger readers to use their imaginations. I think this series will invite it's readers to explore not just a unique fairy world, but they'll enjoy getting to know best friends Kirsty and Rachel, as well as helping the girls on their adventure. I would highly recommend picking up this first in what looks to be a fantastic series.
Daisy Meadows's Rainbow Magic Ocean Fairies are a great way to introduce younger readers into the fairy world. I loved reading this fun, filled adventure story and getting to meet the delightful ocean fairies. Each fairy has an ocean pet that helps them, from a dolphin, to a whale, a turtle and so on. The Ocean Fairies series is a great way to encourage younger readers to use their imaginations. I think this series will invite it's readers to explore not just a unique fairy world, but they'll enjoy getting to know best friends Kirsty and Rachel, as well as helping the girls on their adventure. I would highly recommend picking up this first in what looks to be a fantastic series.
July 18, 2016
Jack frost had stole the ocean shell, and then the goblins broke it. The queen had cast a spell to make the magic sea animals to guard the seven pieces of the shell.
Rachel, and Kristy helped Ally the dolphin fairy to find her magic dolphin.
When they were at the aquarium all the animals were acting weird. The they went to the dolphin show, but the dolphins were not paying any attention to the trainer. That's when the girls reilised that Ally's dolphin was there.
Ally's dolphin went to the ocean and the goblins found the dolphin there. The girls and Ally found the piece of the shell also and they also got it back right before the goblins did!
Then, when the dolphin swam up to Ally, she shrank him and went back to fairy land.
Do you think that the goblins were in big trouble with Jack frost when they came back?
Well of course!
I love this book! If you want to read it you just have to get it and then read it!
Rachel, and Kristy helped Ally the dolphin fairy to find her magic dolphin.
When they were at the aquarium all the animals were acting weird. The they went to the dolphin show, but the dolphins were not paying any attention to the trainer. That's when the girls reilised that Ally's dolphin was there.
Ally's dolphin went to the ocean and the goblins found the dolphin there. The girls and Ally found the piece of the shell also and they also got it back right before the goblins did!
Then, when the dolphin swam up to Ally, she shrank him and went back to fairy land.
Do you think that the goblins were in big trouble with Jack frost when they came back?
Well of course!
I love this book! If you want to read it you just have to get it and then read it!
June 27, 2013
I liked this book 2 girls helped a Fairy named Ally. They found her dolphin and they found a piece of a magical conch shell. They had to bring the piece back to Fairyland because Shannon the Ocean Fairy had to blow the shell but Jack Frost came up to them at the big show and broke it before she could whistle it. So Queen Titania sent the 7 magic ocean animals to the human world to find the 7 pieces of the conch shell. The end.
June 13, 2016
This was a very good and fun read for my daughter. I thought it was a cute story. Two human girls go on an adventure with a fairy to help find a piece of a broken magical golden shell. I love dolphins played a big part in this book. It was a fun ready and went very quickly for my daughter as she read it to me.
March 6, 2012
This story was very simplistic. My daughter has gotten interested in this series, so I thought I would read one to see what it is like. It is dime a dozen writing, if you ask me, but benign. Suitable for my daughters age and taste--magic, adventure... Not much depth to it, though.
September 24, 2014
This story was very simplistic. My daughter has gotten interested in this series, so I thought I would read one to see what it is like. It is dime a dozen writing, if you ask me, but benign. Suitable for my daughters age and taste--magic, adventure... Not much depth to it, though.
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