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Fern the Tiny Fairy
MagicAges 5–7

Fern the Tiny Fairy

by ReadRead · 4 min read

The dewdrops are dull and the Moon Party is tonight. A tiny fairy, a bag of fairy dust, and two friends who help when it runs out.

10pop-up spreads
50things to tap
2new words
Words in this book
sprinkleshimmerbrightcalledcheercomescriesdown
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Fern is a tiny fairy who lives in a glen of red toadstools. One grey morning the dewdrops are dull, and tonight is the Moon Party. Fern sprinkles fairy dust to make them shimmer, and she helps a sad snail and a lost moth too. Then her bag runs empty, and the friends she helped help her back.

The Moon Party in Fern the Tiny Fairy: every dewdrop in the glen shimmers.
The Moon Party in Fern the Tiny Fairy: every dewdrop in the glen shimmers.
Fern sprinkles fairy dust and the dewdrops start to shimmer.
Fern sprinkles fairy dust and the dewdrops start to shimmer.
A soft moth comes down from a toadstool to meet Fern and Snail.
A soft moth comes down from a toadstool to meet Fern and Snail.
Moth and Snail help Fern make the glen shine.
Moth and Snail help Fern make the glen shine.

The two new words

sprinkle

To drop tiny bits all over something. It comes up 8 times, and every time golden dust really falls from Fern’s hands.

shimmer

To shine with a soft, twinkly light. It comes up 8 times: Fern’s wings, grey dewdrops turning bright, the snail’s shell, the moth’s wings, and the whole glen at night.

A refrain comes back on three spreads (“Sprinkle, sprinkle, shimmer and shine!”), so a child can say it along. Every other word is a common word, like drop, wings, moon, snail and help.

Questions to ask while you read

Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.

  1. 1What can you see in the fairy glen?
  2. 2Why do the dewdrops look dull today?
  3. 3What happens when Fern sprinkles her fairy dust?
  4. 4How does Snail feel? How does Fern help?
  5. 5Why can’t Moth find its way?
  6. 6Oh no, the dust is gone! What could Fern do now?
  7. 7How do Moth and Snail help Fern?
  8. 8Can you say it with Fern: “Sprinkle, sprinkle, shimmer and shine!”
  9. 9Tap the dull drops: can you make them all shimmer?
  10. 10When did someone help you after you helped them?

Tips for parents

  • First time: use Read to me and let your child just listen and watch.
  • Before page seven, stop and ask “The dust is gone. What can Fern do?” Let them think of a way.
  • On the dewdrop page, let your child say “sprinkle!” before each tap, then “shimmer!” when the drop lights up.
  • Try it for real: sprinkle a little glitter or sugar and look at how it shimmers in the light.
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