Author/Editor: Kimberly Kinrade
Publisher: Evolved Publishing
Rating: WORTHY!
This is a delightful and perfect story for young children for Halloween. It’s sugary, just like the candy all the kids are hoping for, but it carries an important message about how badly that candy can harm your teeth and upset your stomach. The story features the author's own kids - at least in name: Maddie, the oldest, and Lexie and Bella, the two younger ones.
When they go out on Halloween, they discover, to their dismay, that very few people are getting into the, er, spirit of the celebration. When they arrive at a strange and deserted house, they’re rather intrigued by the open door and Bella rushes inside. There's a skeleton there which seems way more animated than is healthy for a set of bones!
Maddie and Lexie are rather scared, but Bella has disappeared and they have to find her. Besides, the front door seems to have disappeared, so they're pretty much stuck. Upstairs they find a fairy which is dying. It’s the Sugar Fairy and in order to save her, they must once again venture into fairy-tale land, recover her child, and bring her a petal from the birthing flower to restore her health and energy.
The three girls have to brave the cave of cavities, the giant gummy bear guards, the nipping sugar bugs, and the mystery of where in the world is that magic flower with the baby fairy inside. I don’t think it's much of a spoiler to relate that they succeed and learn some valuable lessons on the way. Well-written, and beautifully-worded, this is a very short and totally charming story with lots of action and adventure, and a sound moral root. I recommend it whole-heartedly, and healthily teethily!
