Ruby the Red Fairy

Our 6 year old daughter would roll her eyes (not sure where she learned that) whenever we'd mention reading. She got mildly excited when my wife and I would read to her, but she was always very reluctant about reading to us - and she never read by herself. When she would come home from 1st grade school, I'd ask her how her day was, what she did, and she would always mention playing the "fairy game" on the playground. I... Read Full Review

My first grader absolutely fell in love with the Rainbow Fairy series and is now onto the Weather Fairies. Lovely, light stories, they feature young girls (just like her) trying to save fairies and their magical world. These are perfect books for readers beginning chapter books.

Ruby the Red fairy is the first book in a series of 7 books about the Rainbow Fairies. The books that follow are Amber the Orange Fairy, Sunny the Yellow Fairy (she is also called Saffron in some editions; not sure why the publishers changed her name, but it is otherwise the same book), Fern the Green Fairy, Sky the Blue Fairy, Izzy the Indigo Fairy, and Heather the Violet Fairy. The seven fairies have been cast out of Fairy... Read Full Review

My 5 year old independent reader is just in love with the Rainbow Fairies!! She loves having a series of books all her own, and is eagerly awaiting the publication of the next one. She even shared them with a friend who is 8, and now the friend is also hooked. Great reading for little girls.

My 6 year old is an advanced reader, but I wasn't sure she had the attention span for chapter books. She loves rainbows and fairies though, so this series was a perfect start. There are a few line drawings on the pages to distract from the fact it's a chapter book, and the stories in the series are engaging. There are also some "cliff-hangers" at the end of some chapters that have even ME clamoring to read on! After wondering... Read Full Review