I don't recommend these as a family read-aloud. I find the writing to be pretty awful, but for the girl who's just ready for chapter books, the series offers a lot to like. Every one I've read was benign at worst, and had positive messages of helping others at best. They seem to all go about like this: two friends are doing some typical childish activities like camping, celebrating a holiday, etc when some bad fairy messes things up, so the title good fairy joins up with the girls to save the day.
There are so many Rainbow Magic Fairy books, all written under the same made-up author's name, all with similar themes. And Kirsty and Rachel are model tweens - respectful, polite, helpful, and clever (they usually use their brains to outwit the bad guys, rather than brawn) - who value their friendship and their secret alliance with the fairies.
Though the stories are all pretty similar, they're a fine introduction to fantasy adventures for young kids there's always some kind of suspense or mild peril, but it's always resolved quickly and painlessly. Each story follows best friends Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker as they help their fairy friends resolve a problem involving bad guy Jack Frost and his goblin minions.
Parents need to know that the Rainbow Magic series is made up of several smaller sets of seven adventures, for a total of more than 200 individual books. Jack Frost can speak cruelly, which might bother kids who don't like meanness.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Each adventure finds Kirsty, Rachel, and their fairy friends in some kind of danger/peril (typically while trying to outsmart Jack Frost and his goblins), but it's usually quite mild and resolves quickly.
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