Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale

Barbie

by Mary Man-Kong, Random House (Illustrator)

When Barbie discovers that her aunt Millie's fashion company is struggling, she enlists the help of several fashionable fairies to turn the business around. This Step 2 reader is based on Barbie's latest direct-to-DVD release, Barbie™: A Fashion Fairytale.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fairies, Fantasy, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2010

Reviews

[Patricia King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Barbie and her aunt ran into trouble when an evil spirited lady tries to take their dresses from them to have her own fashion show. Will the evil lady prevail?

[Uriah · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I were a five year old girl, this would be the best book ever. It has Barbie, fairies, a poodle and fancy dresses. It has a magic wardrobe with a cheesy rhyme. Every page is saturated with pink. The version we have even had a bracelet!

But I'm not a five year old girl. The story is barely tolerable. It is based on a movie that I hope I am never subjected to. Barbie is upset she was labeled as a diva. I'm pretty sure she qualifies. In any case it has a decent moral.

Why did I read this? Because I have a little girl and I'll read to her as long as she will let me. Even if I go pink blind.

[Natalie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sam got this for her birthday. To be fair, she likes the story. But the fairies in the book are called Flairies (we're assuming that's fairies with flair) and one of them is named Shyne. For an intro reader to have that much garbage in it it sort of makes me angry.

Plot - fine, whatever.
Words - good God.

[Cosette]

So many unnamed characters, so many missing back stories, so many leaps...

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

[CATastrophe]

This is basically a recap of the movie. I didn’t expect anything else from it, but I’m not rating it because rating a recap doesn’t make much sense.

I only read this because I was gifted the book years ago around the time it was published, and thought maybe I should actually read it before I get rid of it.

[Annika Hines · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a medium star book to me because I don’t really know they added a magic wardrobe and I wish they hadn’t had the fairies get kidnapped.

[Cat · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Electroclan17 · Rating 3 out of 5]

[3.25] Fashion Fairytale isnt a story I like to watch that often which is mostly why it is a lower rating. Cool art though.

[Rafailia Tsakou · Rating 5 out of 5]

μεταμορφώσου Βαρβάρα!

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter is now almost 6 and she is becoming fascinated with the Barbie books. She often brings them home from the school library. And recently on our trip to the book store she picked a number of Barbie books to get to read. This was the first one we read. She loved it because it is very close to the movie. But the story is a little weak, trying to do an hour and a half movie in such few pages. The illustrations are also a little weak. The movie has such strong vibrant colours and yet the illustrations are, to a great extent, plain, especially for what is supposed to be dresses glamorized by fairies. Not the best of the Barbie books!

Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More.

[Sarah S]

Barbie goes to visit her either ageless or completely Botoxed aunt in Paris and fashion ensues. There's lots of pink, which is not unexpected. There are also "flairies" who make the dresses sparkle. There are lots of terrible children's books, so I don't know why this one got me so riled up I bothered to review it. I assume many little girls will just love 1) Barbie, 2) pink, 3) sparkle-inducing flairies. If it gets them reading, it's acceptable. Barely.

[Sharlynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Barbie goes to see her Aunt Milicent. She discovers some flaries. They help her make lots of pretty dresses. They did a fashion show.
They go home riding in carriages.

My favorite part is when they do the fashion show. You might like this book if you like things that are magical.

[Lisa Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why do characters in a Preschool-1st Grade reader have names like Millicent and Jacqueline? I also dislike the emphasis on fashion and appearance and the diva behavior that appear in many of these Barbie readers. That said, my five-year-old daughter enjoys reading them, so... three grudging stars.

[Edma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Are you impressed by fashion and adore clothes? Why don't you have a look at this book for kids, it will unfold your imagination and you'll love the characters and will live with them and their love for exquisite taste. Don't miss it.

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently read this book to a kindergartner and she loved it. She loved all the glitter on the dresses and the fairies that helped make the outfits. This is a great book for children because it uses a lot of imagination in the story and shows them how team work can make dreams happen.

[Natalie Kinney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a simple children's book. Nothing too spectacular about it, besides the fact that it is a Barbie story! It was a fun read, but again, nothing that would make you want to read it twice. A simple fashion story.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda cheesy, but I would expect nothing less from Barbie

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rated it

[Angela Anderson]

I love this book it was amazing

[Danielle Nicholson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my babygirls favorite.

[Holly Letson · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you put your mind to it, you can achieve your dreams....especially with a little magic on your side.

[Matthew Schauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was good
I like the Barbie was in a plane
I did not like the Jacqueline part
The pictures were good

[Rommel Sison · Rating 2 out of 5]

6-year-old daughter: 5 stars
4-year-old daughter: 5 stars

[Kembabazi Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it

[Sophia Hameed · Rating 5 out of 5]

its ok

[Brandi Streeval · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this to my daughter cute book she loves barbie.

[Addison James · Rating 5 out of 5]

That book was awesome and amazing

[Greisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

So fashionable!!!!!

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

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