The child was disappointed and I thought the mother was being too strict, possibly even preventing her daughter from developing a lifelong love of reading. When a young girl presented a book from this series to her mother, the mom refused to buy it and told her daughter she had read 'enough fairy books' and had to select something else. She lives with her family in Bath, England.Ī number of years ago, I was in a bookstore perusing the chapter book section to see what was popular at that time. Mongredien created the Royal Ballet School Diaries under the pen name Alexandra Moss. She has also contributed many titles to the Sleepover Club series and written picture books. She has published over 100 children's books, including the following series: The Adventures of Captain Pugwash, The Magic Key, Frightful Families, and Oliver Moon. Sue Mongredien was born in 1970 and grew up in Nottingham, England. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband and daughters. Linda Chapman has written over 50 children's fiction books, including the following series: My Secret Unicorn, Stardust, Not Quite a Mermaid, and Unicorn School. Bentley is the author of the Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, and S Club series and lives in Northamptonshire. She worked in a library after completing her education and began writing for children once her own began school.

Sue Bentley was born in Northampton, England.

She lives in Cambridge, England with her husband and cats. Dhami has published many retellings of popular Disney stories and wrote the Animal Stars and Babes series, the latter about young British girls of Asian origin. After having taught in primary and secondary schools for several years she began to write full-time. She received a degree in English from Birmingham University in 1980.

Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton, England on November 15, 1958. Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies. Daisy Meadows is the pseudonym used for the four writers of the Rainbow Magic children's series: Narinder Dhami, Sue Bentley, Linda Chapman, and Sue Mongredien.

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