I don’t normally feature books geared toward 6-8 year olds, but I have fond memories of the original text based series. Many of my nieces and cousins at the time loved these books and always had them on their wish list. When they visited I would gift them one of the books, but also read it out loud to them with their help. I’d take on the narration while the dialog was their part.

There are over 300 books in the original series and 40 million+ copies sold. Now the stories take off again in graphic format starting with RUBY THE RED FAIRY and AMBER THE ORANGE FAIRY. It all begins when new friends Kirsty and Rachael find Ruby the Red Fairy at the end of a rainbow. They fly to Fairyland where help is needed because the place has lost all of its’ color. The girls agree to the big task of helping find the other six fairies, setting the direction for the next books.

Although the goal in each book is to find the fairy, the way it happens is unique to each story. That alone provides the inspiration to keep reading more of the series. The pages inside are packed with colorful and appealing art work. Character dialog is easy to comprehend for new and inexperienced readers. These initial two books at 80 pages each would make great gifts and be perfect for those family vacations in the car or by plane. SEE MORE DETAILS ABOUT ORDERING YOUR OWN COPY HERE.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ABOUT DAISY MEADOWS
Daisy Meadows is the pseudonym for a small collective of writers of the Rainbow Magic children’s series. Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies.
ABOUT ERIKA TURNER
Erika Turner is the USA Today bestselling author of the adult romance I’ll Be Gone for Christmas and author of the contemporary YA And Other Mistakes, which received multiple starred reviews, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and was featured in Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of 2024. Her forthcoming YA novel, When We Almost Came Undone, is also a JLG Gold Standard Selection and is releasing with Macmillan in June 2026. She is also the editor for YA horror anthology Can’t You See It’s Coming, from Versify set for September 2026. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and rescue pups.
ABOUT NORA NEUS
Nora Neus is an Emmy-nominated producer, author, and freelance journalist with bylines in CNN, The Guardian, Teen Vogue, VICE News, POLITICO Magazine, The Washington Post, and more. She is the author of two history books for adults, 24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy and 24 Hours at the Capitol: An Oral History of the January 6 Insurrection, as well as two graphic novels for young readers.
ABOUT CLAUDIA GIULIANI
Claudia Giuliani was born in 1990 and is a comic strip creator, colorist, and assistant colorist. She currently works as an artist on the Rainbow Magic graphic novel series, and as a colorist on La Divina Congrega – Canto Vand VI for Sergio Bonelli editore and a graphic novel for Mondadori.

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