Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies: (A Magical, Whimsical Chapter Book about Fairies and Friendship for Early Readers Ages 5-9 in Grades

"[A] joyful tale of learning to believe in oneself and rejoicing in magic both grandiose and mundane."--Publishers Weekly

From the beloved author of the Judy Moody and Stink series comes the first in a sparkling series of chapter books about a girl whose love for magic and fairy folk takes her on enchanting adventures

Imagine a door.
A teeny-tiny fairy door.
Now imagine it is magic.
Open the door.

To some, the low door in Eliza's bedroom might look like an ordinary entrance to a crawl space under the stairs. But to a believer like Eliza of the Elves, it's the door to the Land of UnderStair, a secret hideout all her own. In that crawl space, festooned with twinkling lights, Eliza keeps her favorite book, her collections of precious items, her stuffed animals, and her new diary. And in that crawl space is another door, a teeny-tiny one that can transport Eliza to a world of tangerine sun and lemon-pudding sky, a place where flower fairies perch on every bloom and a new flower springs up whenever you pick one. But in a far corner of that world, Eliza tries to pick a strangely beautiful flower--"Nooooo!" cries her friend Poppy--and things soon go terribly awry. Can a brave, wilting Poppy rescue Eliza from beyond the hedgerow before the Demon Wind steals all the flower fairies' scents, leaving the snapdragons with no snap? In this launch of a new series, Megan McDonald brings her well-honed flair for wordplay to delicious villains like the witches Wolfsbane and Belladonna as she follows a child with a big imagination to a different fairy realm in each book. Lenny Wen's delightful, richly colored artwork brings Eliza's world to life with fanciful details sure to have readers creating their own cozy retreats--and visiting magical lands beyond the door.


Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 02/04/2025
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.80w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781536201420
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 554191 / Eliza and the Flower Fairies


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2024
Booklist 11/01/2024 pg. 64
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2024
School Library Journal 05/01/2025 pg. 69

About the Author
Megan McDonald is the author of the popular Judy Moody and Stink series for older readers, the Judy Moody and Friends series for beginning readers, and the first chapter book Bunny and Clyde. She has also written many other chapter books and picture books for children. Megan McDonald lives in California.

Lenny Wen is the illustrator of Smiling Eyes by Linda Sue Park, among other books, and the author-illustrator of Spicy Spicy Hot! and Wolfgang in the Meadow. Born in Indonesia, Lenny Wen now lives in Austria.