Twinkle
Record details
- ISBN: 1534429158
- ISBN: 9781534429154
-
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2019].
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Target Audience Note: | NC780L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 500180. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Fairies Juvenile fiction Magic Juvenile fiction First day of school Juvenile fiction Ability Juvenile fiction |
Genre: | Picture books. |
Available copies
- 19 of 30 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Trails Regional. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caruthersville Public Library | E HOL (Text) | 38417100400045 | Easy | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | E HOL 2019 (Text) | 0002205451046 | Easy Picture Books | Checked out | 05/16/2024 |
Jefferson County Library-Cedar Hill | E HOLABIRD (Text) | 30000024966610 | Easy Books | In transit | - |
Jefferson County Library-Northwest | E HOLABIRD (Text) | 30051040151414 | Easy Books | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | E TALE HOLABIRD (Text) | 30000024770236 | Easy Books | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
Livingston - Lillian DesMarias Youth Library | JE Holabird (Text) | 2601857226 | Children's Picture Book Room | Available | - |
Marshall Public Library | E HOL (Text) | 33391000187725 | Easy/Picture Books | Checked out | 04/16/2024 |
Neosho Newton - Neosho | HOLABIRD, KATHARINE (Text) | 34162001955564 | Storybook | Available | - |
Neosho Newton - Seneca | HOLABIRD, KATHARINE (Text) | 34162001955416 | Storybook | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | JE HOL (Text) | 0001002191672 | JUV Easy | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
Twinkle
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
A fairy navigates spellcasting troubles in this new offering from the author of Angelina Ballerina and its sequels (illustrated by Helen Craig, 1983, etc.).On the first day of school, fairy Twinkle bursts into song and glows with excitement. Yet her enthusiasm wanes as she struggles to cast spells as skillfully as her friends Pippa and Lulu. Determined to master her homework that night, she forgets the correct words to her spells and causes a commotion that disrupts the inhabitants of Sparkle Tree Forest. Twinkle's apology to the sleep-deprived creatures "for my silly spells" acknowledges her responsibility for the ruckus but also devalues her abilities. The real issue at hand is neither Twinkle nor her spellcasting. Rather, it's her frustration at her inability to perform at her peers' leveland nothing about that is silly. Thankfully, her observant teacher's suggestion to play to her strengths supports Twinkle's growth in both spellcasting and self-confidence. Detailed, cheerful (sometimes glittery) digital illustrations and several flourish-laden typefaces maintain a playful air. Quaint structures in the endpapers' giant tree are labeled with names like "Pippa's Pod" and "Library," which orient readers to Twinkle's world and hint at future installments. The fairies appear to be exclusively female and mostly white; Pippa is the only brown character, while an unnamed pale classmate with a dark, blunt bob could be read as Asian.A sparkly, sugary first-day-of-school book with a lightly encouraging message. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Publishers Weekly Review
Twinkle
Publishers Weekly
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
In this pink confection (real sparkles embellish the cover and final page), the wide-eyed, gossamer-winged Twinkle is in her first days at the Fairy School of Magic and Music. She's joined by fetchingly named pals (Buttercup, Izzybell), and they've all been issued wands and notebooks. But Twinkle struggles with the spells coursework, and when she practices at night-in defiance of her patient teacher, Miss Flutterbee-the misbegotten enchantments create a banging, clanging "rumpus" in her fairy pod that wakes up all the forest animals. Instead of scolding, Miss Flutterbee offers Twinkle a fairy hack for mastering abracadabras: singing spells instead of chanting them. Bubbly prose and a cute heroine whose determination wavers only a teeny, relatable bit makes this a story certain to flutter the hearts of Holabird's Angelina Ballerina fans. Zephyrlike watercolor and ink drawings by Warburton (Daddy Lion's Tea Party) add just the right glints of fairy slapstick and mischievous humor-was there ever anything so adorable as a peeved hedgehog? Ages 3-7. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.