Magic Hearts [Paperback]

Berry the Fruit Fairy is distracted from her Heart Day duties when she sees a snazzy new dress on a fellow fairy. She’s supposed to be making candies for Princess Lolli’s celebration, but all she wants to do is make a new dress. She picks some wild candy hearts that she finds growing and tries to use those, but they turn out to be sour! Now, with the help of her friends, she must venture to the Sour Orchard to undo the yucky magic and try to set Heart Day right.Helen Perelman has worked in a children’s bookstore and was a children’s book editor. She now writes full time in New York, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at HelenPerelman.com and CandyFairies.com.

Erica-Jane Waters is the author and illustrator of many books for children. She graduated from Hereford College of Art & Design in the UK. She creates art for magazines and greeting cards and also designs toys. Erica lives with her husband in in Northamptonshire, UK.What do you think?” Berry held up a string of colorful fruit chews. The Fruit Fairy enjoyed making delicious fruit candies, but she also loved making jewelry. The more sparkle the better! Berry loved anything and everything to do with fashion.

“Berry,” Raina said. She had a worried look on her face. The Gummy Fairy was filling up a bottle of cherry syrup for the trees in Gummy Forest. She had come to Fruit Chew Meadow for flavoring for the red gumdrop trees—and to visit Berry. But instead of finding Berry working on her fruit candies, her friend was making a necklace!

“Those are round chews,” Raina said. “Where are the hearts?”

Berry shrugged. “These round fruit chews are just so pretty,” she said with a heavy sigh. She held up the colorful strand again and admired the rainbow pattern she had made. “I just had to make a necklace with them!” She carefully knotted the end of the string. l-