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The Party Fairies #1
Cherry the Cake Fairy
Cherry the Cake Fairy (Rainbow Magic - Party Fairies): The Party Fairies Book 1 [Paperback] Daisy Meadows and Georgie Ripper
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Daisy Meadows
1,107 books724 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 29, 2025
Such a rouge one but wanted to read for childhood nostalgia reasons and this made me very happy these books were my childhood
January 4, 2015
Part of the preparation for a Rainbow Magic program I'm planning to do. So many references to glitter, butterflies, fairies, wings, and magic.
January 11, 2017
once more, book 1 is fun and establishes what will be happening. it also made me hungry for cake! the girls are invited to a big party for titania and Oberon and of course jack frost needs to ruin it. the girls are celebrating kirsty's birthday so the goblins wreak havoc on her cake.
April 6, 2021
This book was fun.
January 2, 2019
One of Daisy Meadows's better books.
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May 19, 2024Bad anxiety tonight meant reading a book that cemented my love for reading, I bloody loved the Rainbow Magic books. Yes, I will be reading the rest of the books I own.
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August 20, 2021Cherry the Cake Fairy is the first of The Party Fairies series, the fourth series in the Rainbow Magic books. The fairies are preparing for the Fairy King and Queen's 1000th jubilee, but Jack Frost has set out to steal the bags of each of the Party Fairies. Rachel and Kirsty must help the Parties Fairies to find their bags as they contain magic for the jubilee celebration.
In this first book, Rachel and Kirsty meet Cherry the Cake Fairy and must help her get her bag back from the goblins that have stolen it!
The Rainbow Magic books are perfect for young girls to introduce them to chapter books. Each story is short (5-10 minutes) with plenty of illustrations. The stories are adventurous and full of magic with special powers and abilities. Although every book follows the same type of story line, the variety in fairies and obstacles is enough to keep young girls interested as they are introduced to a new fairy in each book, hence the titles of the books.
Ideal for: young children aged 5-8 years old, especially girls.
Note: These books are best if read in the correct order.
The Rainbow Magic books are split into different series: the first series is The Rainbow Fairies, the second is The Weather Fairies, then The Party Fairies etc. It is best to read through the series in chronological order as characters and objects reappear in later series that readers won't understand without having read the earlier series first.
Additionally, it is best to read the books in each series in the correct order too as events from previous books are mentioned in later books. However, this isn't crucial. To make sure the series makes sense overall, it would be best to make sure you read the first book first and the last book last. All the books in between could be read in any order.
In this first book, Rachel and Kirsty meet Cherry the Cake Fairy and must help her get her bag back from the goblins that have stolen it!
The Rainbow Magic books are perfect for young girls to introduce them to chapter books. Each story is short (5-10 minutes) with plenty of illustrations. The stories are adventurous and full of magic with special powers and abilities. Although every book follows the same type of story line, the variety in fairies and obstacles is enough to keep young girls interested as they are introduced to a new fairy in each book, hence the titles of the books.
Ideal for: young children aged 5-8 years old, especially girls.
Note: These books are best if read in the correct order.
The Rainbow Magic books are split into different series: the first series is The Rainbow Fairies, the second is The Weather Fairies, then The Party Fairies etc. It is best to read through the series in chronological order as characters and objects reappear in later series that readers won't understand without having read the earlier series first.
Additionally, it is best to read the books in each series in the correct order too as events from previous books are mentioned in later books. However, this isn't crucial. To make sure the series makes sense overall, it would be best to make sure you read the first book first and the last book last. All the books in between could be read in any order.
July 29, 2018
Do you like party planning, festivities, and goblins that try to ruin it all? This is what Cherry the Cake Fairy includes, plus much more. Rachel and Kirsty are planning a birthday party for Kirsty’s ninth birthday. They receive a letter from Fairyland that they are invited to the Fairy King and Queen’s anniversary party. Now there are two parties to celebrate! Many fairies help to plan but during Kirsty’s celebration, a goblin shows up to steal Cherry the Cake Fairy’s magical powder. The girls and the fairy set a cake trap for the goblin in order to get the magical powder back, which works. Kirsty’s party is a success and the girls are excited to attend the anniversary party in the future.
The Rainbow Magic series has a predictable plot with simple sentences and illustrations to help aid comprehension. It is a great book for readers transitioning from picture to chapter books. In the Rainbow Magic series, there are miniseries within. This one is part of The Party Fairies miniseries. Since this was the first book in the miniseries, it introduced the reader to the party, yet the girls never attended. Being this is the case, the reader must continue the series in order to get to the party scene. This allows for suspense yet is also disappointing, since there was not closure with the events in the book. Overall, this book is great for very young readers, wanting to explore the chapter book world.
The Rainbow Magic series has a predictable plot with simple sentences and illustrations to help aid comprehension. It is a great book for readers transitioning from picture to chapter books. In the Rainbow Magic series, there are miniseries within. This one is part of The Party Fairies miniseries. Since this was the first book in the miniseries, it introduced the reader to the party, yet the girls never attended. Being this is the case, the reader must continue the series in order to get to the party scene. This allows for suspense yet is also disappointing, since there was not closure with the events in the book. Overall, this book is great for very young readers, wanting to explore the chapter book world.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 17, 2011
This is the first book of seven in the Rainbow Magic Party 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. Our oldest is starting to read them very quickly, too, and she can read several of these stories in one day. I can hardly keep up with her!
December 5, 2018
Third set in the fairy books. Rachel comes to stay with Kirsty in the village of Wetherbury again for a week. Jack Frost is locked up in his ice castle but determined to throw a bigger and better party than the suprise 1000th Jubilee for the Fairy King and Queen. His goblins are ruining parties all around Wetherbury to try and get their hands on the magical party bags that the Party Fairies have.
Miss 4 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
Miss 4 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
August 30, 2018
Cherry the Cake Fairy is my first book that i read about the fairies, each set have 7 book .in the beginning 2 girls having their birthday party but Cherry the Cake Fairy ask them for help because someone steal her magic candle finally those 2 girl help her to find back the candle and Cherry the Cake Fairy give them a yummy cherry cake. this story is quite interesting i thought i will keep reading this set and finish it .
August 20, 2017
I really liked this book because the goblin's face was so silly at the end that I couldn't stop laughing! It was sooooooo funny.
November 28, 2017
Den var jättebra. Den här läste jag i hemlighet, dagen innan ett kalas.
March 5, 2018
It was great I loved the book because of Jack Frost.
March 6, 2018
So I haven’t read this since my childhood but THESE WERE MY CHILDHOOD. I recommend them for kids because they are easy reads and I loved them
January 6, 2019
I love rainbow 🌈magic books 📚and i like adventures so I like cherry the the 🎂 fairy
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December 28, 2019
Predictable storyline based on previous books which is what makes it accessible and popular with children. A quick easy read.
August 30, 2022
Read an indefinite amount as a kid.
This was so good!!!
Great set up - once again, slightly different from the ones before!
The Fairy King and Queen are having a surprise party for their 1000th jubilee, but Jack Frost’s birthday is coming up too. However, due to the events of “Holly the Christmas Fairy”, he’s on house (castle) arrest with no magic. Thus, he’s spoiling the Royal’s Party and stealing the magic for himself to make himself a more magical party, since he’s got no magic at the moment. 2 birds, 1 stone.
Some notes:
- Illustrated by Georgie Ripper
- We’re back in Wetherbury Village (Kirsty’s home, Rachel is over for the Easter holidays & Kirsty’s birthday)
- There’s a Map! There has been for each of them, but as I listened to the audiobooks for the previous ones, I hadn’t seen them.
- The font on the opening “very special part invitation” kills me (it was the same on Jack Frost’s spell last series) definitely provokes a specific time period
- Bertram the frog is back! (See first appearance in the Rainbow Fairies series).
- Pearl the kitten (is she a cat now?) is featured once more. For those who do not remember, she was acquired at the end of “Pearl the Cloud Fairy” and named after the Fairy.
- I forgot there was a seek-and-find adventure! Find the party bag - this one has an “A” on it.
Overall, much better than I remembered! Super fun! Still a pretty fresh premise, they haven’t gone total formulaic-repeat yet (there’s over 200 books, I’m sure we’ll get there). Also, although Jack Frost is a recurring villain/antagonist, so far he’s had different reasons each time & hasn’t devolved into “mwa ha ha, I’m evil because I can be”.
This was so good!!!
Great set up - once again, slightly different from the ones before!
The Fairy King and Queen are having a surprise party for their 1000th jubilee, but Jack Frost’s birthday is coming up too. However, due to the events of “Holly the Christmas Fairy”, he’s on house (castle) arrest with no magic. Thus, he’s spoiling the Royal’s Party and stealing the magic for himself to make himself a more magical party, since he’s got no magic at the moment. 2 birds, 1 stone.
Some notes:
- Illustrated by Georgie Ripper
- We’re back in Wetherbury Village (Kirsty’s home, Rachel is over for the Easter holidays & Kirsty’s birthday)
- There’s a Map! There has been for each of them, but as I listened to the audiobooks for the previous ones, I hadn’t seen them.
- The font on the opening “very special part invitation” kills me (it was the same on Jack Frost’s spell last series) definitely provokes a specific time period
- Bertram the frog is back! (See first appearance in the Rainbow Fairies series).
- Pearl the kitten (is she a cat now?) is featured once more. For those who do not remember, she was acquired at the end of “Pearl the Cloud Fairy” and named after the Fairy.
- I forgot there was a seek-and-find adventure! Find the party bag - this one has an “A” on it.
Overall, much better than I remembered! Super fun! Still a pretty fresh premise, they haven’t gone total formulaic-repeat yet (there’s over 200 books, I’m sure we’ll get there). Also, although Jack Frost is a recurring villain/antagonist, so far he’s had different reasons each time & hasn’t devolved into “mwa ha ha, I’m evil because I can be”.
December 21, 2024
3.5 Stars!
I had such a good time with this book! I know I probably already mentioned this for Grace’s book, but the goblins luring out the Party Fairies in order to steal their party bags is such a unique way to start the search for the series Mcguffin. To me, it just comes off as the writers actually caring about creating fun and interesting concepts for their audience because this is only the third series, they absolutely don’t have to introduce a new concept to the Rainbow Magic universe at this point… but they did!
Also, all the plans so far to trap the goblins have been so clever! The later books only ever use the barter system to negotiate with the goblins or trick them, so seeing Rachel and Kirsty come up with all these creative plans to trick the goblins is so fun.
The Fairy Godmother is so beautiful! Her putting the goblin to work as his punishment was an excellent choice. In the end, the goblin kind of benefitted from it because as we saw in Jasmine’s book, he actually enjoys baking and cake decorating and he’s kind of amazing at it. I just love seeing the goblins learn and grow!
Things that were in this book for me specifically:
-I love that Phoebe was described as “the one with the extra-sparkly wings.”
-I know Cherry’s super sad, but the drawing of her being super sad is so cute, especially with how her wings are all droopy!
-I love the cake that Cherry made for Kirsty - it’s actually my dream birthday cake.
A list of everything we learned from this book:
-Kirsty’s birthday is in Spring.
-Rachel’s is three months after. (Summer birthday?)
-OMG, AN ACTUAL AGE CONFIRMATION?! (Kirsty is 9!!!)
I had such a good time with this book! I know I probably already mentioned this for Grace’s book, but the goblins luring out the Party Fairies in order to steal their party bags is such a unique way to start the search for the series Mcguffin. To me, it just comes off as the writers actually caring about creating fun and interesting concepts for their audience because this is only the third series, they absolutely don’t have to introduce a new concept to the Rainbow Magic universe at this point… but they did!
Also, all the plans so far to trap the goblins have been so clever! The later books only ever use the barter system to negotiate with the goblins or trick them, so seeing Rachel and Kirsty come up with all these creative plans to trick the goblins is so fun.
The Fairy Godmother is so beautiful! Her putting the goblin to work as his punishment was an excellent choice. In the end, the goblin kind of benefitted from it because as we saw in Jasmine’s book, he actually enjoys baking and cake decorating and he’s kind of amazing at it. I just love seeing the goblins learn and grow!
Things that were in this book for me specifically:
-I love that Phoebe was described as “the one with the extra-sparkly wings.”
-I know Cherry’s super sad, but the drawing of her being super sad is so cute, especially with how her wings are all droopy!
-I love the cake that Cherry made for Kirsty - it’s actually my dream birthday cake.
A list of everything we learned from this book:
-Kirsty’s birthday is in Spring.
-Rachel’s is three months after. (Summer birthday?)
-OMG, AN ACTUAL AGE CONFIRMATION?! (Kirsty is 9!!!)
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!
December 31, 2020
Kirsty couldn't help but adding it's okay Kirsty I'll fix your cake soon. Kirsty added what? the author skipped a page!! Just because I gave it 5 stars doesn't mean I have no complaints mabye the mistake was just in this copy if anyone else has this problem please put it in the comment section for this review p.s. my favourite part was when a girl called Jessica won the musical statues because MY NAME IS JESSICA!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7, 2023
I like that this series is off to a different start--the problem isn't introduced right away, and the usual plot of retrieving lost items isn't quite the same. The author does a good job of creating some urgency (but not in the usual "I'm only visiting for x days" fashion), and the goblin's method of causing problems is one of the best I've seen in any of the Rainbow Magic books. Lots to laugh about in this one.
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July 3, 2021You are awesome!👍. Com is the same thing you can say! Edit the post that was a good night of time ago?. Edit? This isn't really good enough but not to do with that point and you don't want them for that kind and the people in general don't
September 2, 2021
I read this with my 6 year old .
She said she liked it and listened to the whole book attentively . We were given about 20 of the books in this series Andy daughter is very kean to read them .
This one was sweet , a taste of adventure and a sprinkle of magic !
She said she liked it and listened to the whole book attentively . We were given about 20 of the books in this series Andy daughter is very kean to read them .
This one was sweet , a taste of adventure and a sprinkle of magic !
January 9, 2022
This is pretty bad even for a Rainbow Fairy book. Even my six year old was questioning why the girls would wander off in the middle of the party without anyone noticing.
The idea of Jack Frost having a party to compete with the jubilee is quite nice, the rest of the plot is shocking.
The idea of Jack Frost having a party to compete with the jubilee is quite nice, the rest of the plot is shocking.
May 25, 2020
Yet another mission for Kirsty and Rachel. Such an amazing series. I really do wish these were around when I was little.
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August 2, 2022Lexile®: NC720L
September 21, 2022
Another miss with a great title from Meadows Inc
Surely Edith should be the cake fairy
with a line in their somewhere you can't have your cake and Edith!
I'll show myself out......
Surely Edith should be the cake fairy
with a line in their somewhere you can't have your cake and Edith!
I'll show myself out......
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