Thistle Greenbud is not a bad fairy. She simply doesn’t like rules, and it’s just her luck that her homework is to create a new rule for the fairy handbook. But first, she has more important things to do. Like figure out how to get back at Dusty and Moss for playing tricks on her.Before she can carry out her plan, though, disaster strikes and she finds herself working alongside the very fairies … fairies she wanted revenge on. Can they work together and trust each other, or will things go from bad to worse?
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I have read numerous books by Elaine Kaye and have found them to by very entertaining. These children’s books are short and sweet, just like the cover. I highly recommend them to everyone, young and old alike.
Bad Fairy got her name because she always seems to get caught when she breaks the rules. I feel for her, because she is just doing what young fairies do, just like human children, and her misdeeds are minor.
I love the cute names Elaine Kaye has given her characters and they drew me in to her fairy world. I enjoyed watching them grow and learn.
The fairy world Elaine Kaye has created gave me many smiles and lessons that can apply to the real world, told in a fun children’s way. Sometimes we all need a little reminder of the simple things in life that we can do to make them better.
I love the fairy world Elaine Kaye has created and I highly recommend her work.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Bad Fairy by Elaine Kaye.
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Now how can a fairy be bad? They are kind and helpful and loving. Right? In Author Elaine Kaye’s story, Bad Fairy, we learn a lot about the world of the fairy.
Thistle is not a happy fairy. Why? Because she has to go to school to learn how to be a good fairy, since she is considered to be a bad fairy. To make matters even worse, the teacher gives them homework for the weekend. She claims it will keep a lot of them out of trouble. They are to write a new rule for Fairy Land and the student who writes the best rule will have it published in their Book of Rules. And it’s not just the students writing the rules, the whole town is involved. As I read how each fairy deals with the situation, I learned a lot about them. I also learned more about the club rules, which might be good for any club. When a twisty occurs (like a tornado) the good fairies and the bad learn to work together.
Each character is an individual with his or her own personality. The author has done a nice job of making them seem almost real, perhaps like children you know. This is a fun story for young readers, who might have some of the same thoughts as the fairy characters do.
I recommend Bad Fairy for young readers and for those who love fairies and their world, no matter their age.
I read this story during a very emotional time (in the middle of the Black Lives Matter resurgence to seek justice for murdered black people at the hands of law enforcement) and it was a nice reprieve. The message of the story sounds simple enough and yet, sadly, people of all ages still need to be taught it, thus the emotional time I was going through when reading it.
This bright and whimsical tale of fairies, brownies, trolls, and more carries many messages within its fun pages. The characters are, of course, cute but they also have substance. This is definitely not a 2-dimensional sugar-coated work of fluff, even though finishing this story will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy all over.
When the character deemed the Bad fairy is challenged with coming up with a new rule for the whole town, she begins to re-evaluate her own set of personal rules she’d never previously given much thought to. It’s a real eye-opener for her and the reader.
My favorite part of the story is how the author has the Bad Fairy realize that people often misjudge, not only others but themselves. People, and fairies alike, tend to think better of themselves and less of others for doing the same or similar things, but if we are lucky we come to terms with our mistakes and begin to show others the compassion we, ourselves, would like to receive.
While this is a children’s story and I didn’t really expect anything too bad to happen, the suspense of the twisty did have me a little worried about the village. Young readers will definitely enjoy reading through that and reaching the conclusion of the story.
The story has an overall message of the importance of a community that I wasn’t expecting. We live in a very self-centered world and I felt it was a smart and brave move on the author’s part to put such an emphasis on the community as a whole recovering and not just the main character and her family.
I look forward to more from this author. Highly recommended.