''Rainbow Magic'' is a British

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brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by

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. The books are

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by a number of authors under the collective

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Daisy Meadows, and illustrated by

Georgie Ripper Georgie Ripper (born London, 1977) is a children's book illustrator, who is best known for her work on the ''Rainbow Magic'' series of fairy books. She won the Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration in 2000 with ''My Best Friend Bob'' and ' ...

and Alison Winfield in several books and uncredited illustrators in the latest books. The series follows the lives of Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker and their magical adventures with their

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friends. ''Rainbow Magic'' books by Daisy Meadows were the most-borrowed children's books at libraries in the

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, and the second-most borrowed books overall at those libraries, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ''Rainbow Magic'' books are issued by

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in the

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. Some series and individual book titles vary in the Scholastic editions. There are also colored ''Rainbow Magic'' books for younger readers, which are also published by Scholastic. The books are usually six chapters long, and tell one overarching story spanning out over seven books. Each set of books is based on a theme, such as 'The Sporty Fairies' and 'The Jewel Fairies.’

Characters

;Main characters * Rachel Walker * Kirsty Tate * Jack Frost, king of the goblins * Mr. Walker, Rachel Walker's father * Mrs. Walker, Rachel Walker's mother * Mr. Tate, Kirsty Tate's father * Mrs. Tate, Kirsty Tate's mother * Queen Titania, queen of the fairies * King Oberon, king of the fairies ;Other characters * Goblins, who have long noses and green skin. In early books, they were depicted as extremely small; in later books, the size of an average child *Various fairies, magical animals and pets

Authors

The ''Rainbow Magic'' books are written and illustrated by a number of authors and illustrators: *

Linda Chapman Linda Anne Chapman (born 15 January 1969 in Liverpool) is a British writer, principally of series for younger children. She is particularly known for her fantasy books about unicorns, mermaids and magic and has co-authored books with Julie Sykes ...

Narinder Dhami Narinder Dhami (born 1958 in Wolverhampton) is a British children's author. Early life Dhami's father was an Indian immigrant from the Punjab who arrived in the UK in 1954, and her mother is English.Marilyn Kaye Marilyn Kaye (born 1949 Commire, Anne, 1989, ''Something About the Author'', Gale, p. 78, .) is an American children's writer. She taught children's literature at St. John's University (Jamaica, NY), St. John's University, New York.Tracey West Tracey West (born October 1, 1965) is a children's book author who has written for many different licensed series, including '' Pokémon'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Life Tracey West was born and brought up in New Jersey, United States. Sh ...

* Alison Winfield Each title carries a dedication including a "special thanks" indicating the primary author.

Books

Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island

''Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island'' is a straight to video

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movie that was first released in the

on 7 May 2010. It is a British-Japanese co-production that was co-produced by HIT Entertainment and The Answer Studio. It was also released in

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; the film was only recorded in English as its Japanese release has no Japanese vocal track.

References

External links

Rainbow Magic official website

Rainbow Magic Series Homepage at Hachette Children's

Rainbow Magic on Hit Entertainment website
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