*AD – please note we were gifted this book for the purpose of this review
Charlotte and the Fairies by Wendy Beasley
Illustrated by Rose Weaver
Children’s Fiction
67 pages
Pegasus
Age range: 8 Years+
Every child loves fairies, well I know I did. The wonder of something small and magical that may be hiding away in our garden, but you just can’t see them. Charlotte and the Fairies is a story about a young girl who moves house and discovers that her new house has a rather and wonderful and magical secret. It is inhabited by fairies.
These magical new friends take her on adventures, until one of them needs rescuing and Charlotte is the only one who can save her.
This is a lovely little story. I liked Charlotte and I very much liked Morgan, Charlotte’s side kick – the super clever dog. The book is aimed at 8+ children, but I sat down and read it to Aria who is 6 and she loved it. She reads independently now – some of her favourites are The Rainbow Fairy series. I would say in terms of reading level this book is harder for a child to read. But Aria declared the story just as good.
The book is divided into 6 chapters, so you could easily read it as a bedtime story, a chapter at a time. I was particularly fond of the illustrations, they were bright and colourful and looked as though they could be brought to life with its very own animation.
Verdict:
A fun book, with a wonderful dog (got to mention the dog!), perfect for any child who has a love of adventure and fairies.
Rating: 3.5/5
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There is magic and mystery everywhere to be seen in our beautiful world, so why not fairies!
Doesn’t everybody have fairies in their garden?
Hello, I’m not sure, I haven’t met them yet!
Ooo we do – sometimes they try and hide but we stll see them
Not in ours but we do at nana’s house, the fairy’s always leave money when my daughter has lost a tooth
YES I WOULD HOPE SO
We have a fairy door so hopefully there are fairies living there
I would like to think there were fairies in my garden
Maybe!
Not in ours I am afraid, our garden is waterlogged most days of the year so there is no flowers for them to play in
Yes, fairies are a must in every garden.
Yes, my partner & I created a Fairy Garden overnight for my daughter, complete with sign, slides, path & seesaws!
The fat hedgehog has been using their entrance to the garden. I hope he hasn’t frightened them off!
Yes most definitely, they live in Gnomeland at the bottom of my garden!
I would love it if I did. The dog is often barking in the garden maybe she can see things!!
If we did, the cat has decided they taste nice!
I hope so x
My grandaughter believes we do
Yes i hope so!
My granddaughter would love this #kltr@_karendennis
I’m sold on any book with a ‘Charlotte’ in it! xx
I’m 100% sure there are fairies living in our garden! What a lovely review x
We have fairy doors and little toadstools the fairies and elves sit on at night. The kids love it and it is always a talking point.
There are most definitely fairies in our garden…and elves that live above the kitchen cupboards according to my 2 year old!
Katrina x
#KLTR
We have 2 tree fairies (their front door is at the bottom of our huge apple tree), called Joe and Sophie. My great-niece always makes sure that they are ready to go home when she visits and they are always placed there. One night she got her Mum to ring and was so upset that she hadn’t “put them to bed” so I had to take a photo for her to show they were already at their front door.
Yes, gnomes as well
yep, my mum used to take me to the bottom of the garden to give them cheese
I love the idea of fairies having a super clever dog!
yes, I thought we all do.
According to my daughter we have fairies but we also have birds that she walks to that look out for the fairies…..only she can talk to the birds. I cant understand them 🙂 love their imaginations!
What a lovely prize
No fairies in our garden, they’re a bit nervous of all the flying footballs. They are safely nestled in the woods instead ?
Yes we do but they only stay at the very bottom of the garden!
They live behind the shed and we think they come in to the house at night and eat our jaffa cakes
of course they do!!
I really hope so!
Yes, of course!
Definitely have fairies in our garden. We make sure they have lots of hiding places though.
Yes we have fairies in our garden
I,m sure that they visit & move things around!?
the very top of our garden is a wilderness that our children call FairyLand so yes we do!
Of course we have fairies in our garden. My daughter is always searching for them.
Yes we do many of them fairies.
But of course we do x
Most definitely fairies in our garden
We do indeed have fairies living in our garden. One of our lockdown projects was to create a fairy garden!
We certainly do! They have their own doorway in the tree with a very glittery and sparkly pathway.
I’d like to think so – but I’ve never seen any!
yes, doesn’t everyone?
Unfortunately we don’t?
Of course, doesn’t everyone have fairies in their garden?
everyones garden has fairies you just have to look in hard to reach places to find them
Yes I hope so
No doubt we do xx
I hope so we have lots of hiding places and strawberries for them to eat x
Oh yes, definately have faries in the garden…just ask my daughters xx
I’m unsure as our garden is a bit bare , I think they would turn there nose up haha
“I do believe in fairies ??♀️ I do, I do” — but we only have them in the grandparents‘ garden.
I have fairies in the field behind my house. When I take my dogs out for their last walk of the day, I can see them flit about in my torchlight.
I bought a fairy house so I know for sure there must be fairies in my garden
We built a fait6 garden in our garden for our granddaughter we little houses and solar lights
She loves it and was amazed when she come one day and they had a tiny clothes line with washing hanging on it
we have two where the rose bush is xx
None that I’ve seen! Thanks for the competition.