Product Description

Inside you is the power to do anything

An evil curse is keeping the last brownie prince from marrying his true love—possibly ending the brownie royal family forever!

Moonflower and her friends must race against time to find Paramour, the Goddess of Love, and ask for help in freeing Prince Henry and a fairy named Rose from their magic prisons. But Paramour only grants wishes on a whim, so the fairies must work together to inspire her to help them. Will the fairies win over the good fortune of Paramour or will Henry and Rose be doomed to a life apart?

What if you discovered you had magical fairy powers? Meet the girls of The Fairy Chronicles, otherwise normal girls like you with special gifts. Their extraordinary adventures will change the world!

Read all of The Fairy Chronicles books:

Marigold and the Feather of Hope, the Journey Begins
Dragonfly and the Web of Dreams
Thistle and the Shell of Laughter
Firefly and the Quest of the Black Squirrel
Spiderwort and the Princess of Haiku
Periwinkle and the Cave of Courage
Cinnabar and the Island of Shadows
Mimosa and the River of Wisdom
Primrose and the Magic Snowglobe
Luna and the Well of Secrets
Dewberry and the Lost Chest of Paragon
Snapdragon and the Odyssey of Élan

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265391 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781402213304
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
J.H. Sweet has always looked for the magic in the everyday. She has an imaginary dog named Jellybean Ebenezer Beast. Her hobbies include hiking, photography, knitting, and basketry. She also enjoys watching a variety of movies and sports. Her favorite superhero is her husband, with Silver Surfer coming in a close second. She loves many of the same things the fairies love, including live oak trees, mockingbirds, weathered terra-cotta, butterflies, bees, and cypress knees. In the fairy game of "If I were a jelly bean, what flavor would I be?" she would be green apple. J.H. Sweet lives with her husband in South Texas and has a degree in English from Texas State University.

Holly Sierra's illustrations are visually enchanting with particular attention to decorative, mystical, and multicultural themes. Holly received her fine arts education at SUNY Purchase in New York and lives in Myrtle Beach with her husband, Steve, and their three children, Gabrielle, Esme, and Christopher.

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Excerpt from Chapter One: Moonflower

Early morning on Valentine's Day, Erin Young was setting out materials for valentine making. Erin was staying the weekend at her grandmother's house because her parents were vacationing at a bed and breakfast for their anniversary.

This year, Valentine's Day fell on a Saturday,which was perfect. In about an hour, Erin's friend, Bailey Richardson, was due to arrive for a two-night sleepover.This was also a three-day weekend because Monday was President's Day, so the girls would have plenty of time for their planned activities.

Erin carefully laid out the ribbons, paper punches, stencils, fancy stationery, glitter, rubber stamps, glue, and markers for making valentines. The girls were also planning to make several friendship bracelets as gifts, so Erin got out embroidery floss in various colors and an assortment of tiny beads.

Later in the afternoon, the girls would be attending a special celebration, during which they would exchange the valentine and bracelet creations.

Having moved from Kentucky to Texas the previous year, Erin was especially happy to have made a friend like Bailey. Erin had just turned ten years old in January, and Bailey was nearly eleven. Even though Bailey was a year older, the girls had a lot in common because in addition to being just like regular girls, they were also fairies. This meant that they had each been given a fairy spirit.

Blessed with a moonflower fairy spirit, Erin was known as Moonflower to other fairies. Standard fairy form was six inches high. In fairy form, Moonflower wore a creamy white dress made of softly glowing moonflower petals. Her pointy, pearly-white slippers matched her dress, and she had tall, fringed, milky-white wings. She also wore a moonflower hairclip to pull back her long, curly brown hair.

In the belt of her dress Moonflower carried a small pouch of pixie dust, the fairy handbook, and her wand, which was an enchanted icicle that would never melt. The icicle glinted and shone in the light like a beautiful crystal prism.

Pixie dust was glittering magical dust provided for the fairies by Mother Nature and used for various purposes. And the fairy handbook contained answers to fairy questions, along with information and advice to help fairies make wise decisions.

It was a valuable tool for young fairies and had the ability to age with them. Right now, Moonflower's handbook gave answers to questions that a ten-year-old would understand. As she grew older, and needed more information, the handbook would give more detailed explanations of the sort that a maturing fairy would find useful. Moonflower's handbook was a soft, pale green color, which was different than those of the Texas fairies. This was because it had originated in Kentucky. Most of the Texas fairies carried handbooks of a fawn tan color.

Sometimes fairy spirits ran in families. Moonflower's younger sister, Darlene, was also a fairy. Darlene was eight and was blessed with the fairy spirit of a teasel plant, which was both an herb and a wildflower.

Each young fairy was assigned a mentor fairy as a supervisor. This was necessary because it was a huge responsibility to be a fairy. Fairies had the important job of protecting nature and fixing serious problems. No fairy was ever allowed to use magic for trivial things or to abuse others.

Customer Reviews

Enchanting series of Fairytales! Can't be beat!
J. H. Sweet ...
What a treat ...
Writing about fairies,
she can't be beat.

Book one was pure delight;
Book two is "out of sight."

Book three is a kid's dream,
Book four will make them beam.

But wait till you see what's in store;
of fairy books, she has plenty more.

Each of this author's books stands alone as far as story-line, and I discovered something new about fairies and fairy lore in each one. She's a fine writer, so good at her craft that the fairies practically fly off the pages, straight into your heart. Interesting story-lines, contemporary children, colorful characters in an exciting, entertaining format.

I have this entire series, including the first few that were published by another publisher...which are collector's items now. I'm always pleased to find the latest "fairies" flying around in my mailbox after ordering the latest release from Amazon.

This entire series, including this latest, Moonflower and the Pearl of Paramour (Fairy Chronicles) is highly recommended. Grab 'em while you can.

Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, June 2009
Author of: "Dream Reachers" (with Chase Von)

A Brownie Price and a Rose Fairy
Rose is a fairy trapped in a magic painting. Henry is a brownie prince trapped in a magic book. Moonflower is another fairy, and Madam Toad picks her to lead the mission to get them out of the book and painting. The book and painting are in a castle that is half covered in moss and half in roses because that matches Henry and Rose who are not allowed to see each other right now. Moonflower goes to find a Wishing Star first. They wish on it and a unicorn comes to take them to the Goddess of Love who has a magic pearl. It is harder than it looks to get to the castle and break the curse because they have to carry a magic candle, and the candle can't go out not even when it rains. You will know how it all ends when you read it because I am not supposed to give away the ending. It is a very good ending, and I think you will like it.