(Mommy's review from 9/24/10)If the books in this series continue to hold Julia's attention and get her excited about reading they'll all get five stars and a glowing review from me. We're reading these together because Julia can't yet read alone although these books are helping her to become more comfortable with certain words, along with the work we do here at home and what she does at her school.We started out using these (the first one in the series and the beginning of this) as before bedtime reading but she's so into them that she's asking to read these during the day. During the days she's here with me and not at school we usually read shorter books out of habit. We finished this in two days with the last half being read last night before bed because she loves them so much.I'm sure the target audience for these books are slightly older than Julia at 5 but seeing how engrossed she is with the entire story, all aspects of it, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for a child her age.The sentences are simple enough that Julia more than understands and can follow the story and each story ends with somewhat of a cliff-hanger which immediately gets Julia hyped up to start the next one.I'm not going to go over the plot, I saw other reviews so I'm sure people already have, but I would definitely recommend this for kids. We started the first book out of the Pony Pal series and because Julia adores horses I thought she'd be really into the book. Not so much. We finished it with no problem but she was nowhere near as involved as with these books.I like how each book integrates the past stories and what happened in them and even though they could technically stand alone I wouldn't recommend it. They're far more fun read in sequence.The books all have the same short but cool poem in the beginning which Julia loves saying with me and there is a map of the entire Rainspell Island. Julia goes back to it sometimes in the middle of the story and she lookes at it each time before starting a new book and so far the map as proved to stay very true to the story. I like that she can make that connection.I already have a few books from another of the authors series and I have one stand alone also and plan to get more - this is the way to go to get a little girl more interested in reading! (less)
I think that Amber the orange fairy is very active. The Rainbow fairy`s are in trouble so Rachel and Kristy are going to help find them. Ruby has already been found, now Rachel and Kristy have to help Amber the orange fairy.
What do You think about Amber The Orange Fairy (2005)?
After Rachel and Kirsty have found Ruby their next fairy to find is Amber the orange fairy. This brings a new adventure to Rachel and Kirsty and they must search RainSpell Island again to find the second rainbow fairy. Amber is hidden in another magical spot on RainSpell Island and of coarse Jack Frost finds out that Rachel and Kirsty are out to find Amber and the others and he soon sends out his nasty green goblins to fight Rachel and Kirsty off from his evil plan. I know I sound so dorky writing this review but keep in mind I read this book in like the fourth grade!
—$hanel
