Rules for Fairies Can Go Wrong if There Are Too Many in Delightful Chapter Book

Kate Korsh's delightful character Oona Bramblegoop is back in another adventure that also has a life lesson. Oona Bramblegoop's Sideways Magic When Fairies Go Too Far is a fun read for ages 6-10 in a chapter book for fans of this fun character. Fairies do not like too many rules.

Oona Bramblegoop has waited a long time to become a member of the fairy council. She has finally gained membership and she has a lot of ideas for the fairy kingdom. Oona has been asked to come up with some new rules and Oona is excited to start her new project. The head of the council really likes all of Oona's ideas for new rules. Oona also has created punishments for the other fairies who might break any of the new rules. One of the new punishments will be a two-week suspension of wand privileges if any violate Rule Number 1001. The other fairies begin to violate the new rule and begin to lose their privileges for using their magic wands. The other fairies believe that the new rules should concentrate on treating others with kindness. Oona soon realizes that she has made a mistake by making so many rules. An amusing emergency with underwear creates more adventures with trying to save Fairyland from all of these new rules. Oona learns a life lesson that friendship and saving Fairyland for her friends is more important than having so many rules.

Fun facts about the fairy world are sprinkled throughout the book. Did you know that becoming a Grand Fairy is the most advanced stage of a fairy's life? Did you know that a fairy can get laryingitis by losing a singing contest with a macaw?

Marta Altes contributed her talents as an illustrator to create engaging illustrations to tell Oona's new story. The illustrations are creatively done in pink, a favorite color of all of the fairies.

Oona Bramblegoop's Sideways Magic When Fairies Go Too Far was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It has an ISBN of 978-0-593-53372-7.

Teachers who teach in elementary classrooms will want to add Oona's new adventure in this chapter book to their classroom library. Creative teachers will find a wealth of ideas for creating a curriculum around Oona's new adventure. The fun facts about fairies will offer ideas for curriculum activities.

*Assign individual reading for the chapter book. Encourage children to choose their favorite character from the book to write about in a creative writing activity.

*Engage students in a discussion of having all of those rules in Fairyland. What are some of the rules for your classroom that students might feel are too hard to follow?

*Assign a creative writing activity for students to make new rules for Fairyland. Share their rules with classmates.

*Assign a creative writing activity for students to choose their favorite Fun Fact about fairies. What are their reasons for choosing this fact as their favorite.

*Lucy and Molly had a problem that Lucy had to use her power of forgiveness. Engage students in a discussion of a time when they had to forgive a friend for hurting them.

*A fun fairy fact is that fairies must choose a gift for the Grand Fairy when they visit. Engage children in a discussion of a gift that they might bring to the Grand Fairy. Why would they bring this gift? This concept encourages students to use their power of imagination.

Kate Korsh has been an elementary school teacher and therapist. She enjoys creative writing and her popular series with Oona Bramblegoop is the product of her interest in creative writing.

Marta Altes is the author and illustrator of many children's books. She is the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Award. She received her MA in children's book illustration from Cambridge School of Art.