Mimi spends every day tending her garden in the hopes that she will see fairies. She removes unsightly leaves, and sprays to keep nasty bugs away. It turns out that while fairies do appreciate a beautiful garden, they prefer that gardeners show a little more respect for Mother Nature.

I love the idea of using enchantment to teach little ones to appreciate the beauty of the outdoors, and to be good stewards of nature. The ecological message is clear, without being heavy-handed. Hopefully children will understand that fairies or not, magic is all around you if you just take the time to look.

The gorgeous illustrations by Isa Bancewicz are a perfect accompaniment for Buckthorn's story.

A pretty little magical story! ^^

We follow a young girl who dreams of seeing fairies and maintains her garden with care precisely for this purpose. But maybe what she thinks she is doing well is distorted...
A nice message on the preservation of nature, in a more restricted but also more accessible setting, the garden.

I loved the drawing, which takes the form of very colored sketches.

In short, to discover to make children want to create little fairy houses in the garden! ^^

This was a really cute story! I loved the message, and it was perfect for reading with my kid. We loved the story and especially the directions for making our own fairy garden craft at the end!

Mimi is a little girl who wants to welcome fairies to her garden, she decides to clean up her garden by raking leaves and spraying bug spray. The fairies explain to her that these things actually made it really hard for them to live in her garden, teaching her that being environmentally friendly and keeping her garden safe for bugs and animals makes it a great place for fairies too!

I love that this story is fun and a fantasy picture book because I can easily see it drawing in sweet young readers with a love of fairies while also sending important messages about protecting the environment. I think this book would be perfect for K-2 classrooms and families of children in the 4-8 age range. As a teacher, I would definitely recommend this book to my colleagues.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!

The Fairy Garden is a beautiful book with a great message. Mimi is a little girl who wants to see fairies in her garden. In order to accomplish this, she starts changing the surroundings, not realizing that this actually scares away the fairies. The illustrations and its details are adorable. I really enjoyed this story, the final pages are filled with little projects/ideas, I found this to be a really smart way to combine reading and outdoors.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me an ARC of this book.

A big thank you to the publisher for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I'm always so thankful to have these opportunities!

Today we have a book that has a 4 triquetra rating of "I really liked it." First, although I had a digital copy of this book, I'm really happy to see that the book will be printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper, and it'll be printed in the USA, which makes the shipping carbon footprint decrease a TON. Really happy to see publishers being a bit more eco-friendly!

This story is adorable, and there's a bit of a twist involved that makes this Fairy Witch/Pagan very happy! I was worried that this book was going to further push the twee fairy stories onto folks, and it does, a bit - it's a mainstream children's picture book, after all - but that important message the fairies bring to Mimi at the end of the story make it Pagan friendly, Earth friendly, in my opinion!

If you're looking for an Earth-friendly, nature spirit book for the upcoming Earth Day holiday, then this one is for you!
I believe Pagan parents and caregiver's will find it especially lovely.

If you wan to help the faeries (and other garden creatures), there are some things we all need to do! A lovely, informative book for all ages with a very important message.

This story is SO cute. The illustrations were so enchanting, and the story so short and sweet. I absolutely loved the art style, and I love a good fairy book :) Will definitely be recommending this one to my library!

This book is so darling! Well written and magical too! It didn’t go the way I was thinking it would, but I think that made me love it even more! I love the wild magic that this book gives off.

The Fairy Garden by Georgia Buckthorn is a sweet story about a young girl dreaming of seeing fairies in her garden. She cleans and straightens and rakes all the leaves only to discover that those exact things were what the fairies had already used to make their homes. It’s such a good reminder that how we do things may not be what others would do or even enjoy. The phrase “Treat others the way you would want to be treated” does not always work in reality and it’s important to learn that especially when around new cultures and people and even animals. I loved everything about this story and would definitely recommend it to any parent. The illustrations are beautiful and there’s nothing I would change about this story.

Oh my goodness! This book is absolutely adorable and fully enchanted us! The illustrations are gorgeous, and the fairy house craft ideas are precious. What a beautiful book.

I was a bit confused on the basis of this book while reading. Mimi is shown taking very good care of her garden through out the book but Mimi stay has seen no fairies in her garden. I think the point was meant to be that Mimi should be eco friendly to her garden, not spray with things that kill it and infect the environment. I think older kids may enjoy this but it may not be caught by younger kids.

Cute and lovely illustrations.

What not to like about it? I love fairies. Yes, I certainly do. Adults and children would certainly love it. I am just a bit sad that there are few pages.

This is such a beautiful story book, in more ways than one. The story itself is lovely, enchanting, and will capture any child’s heart and imagination. The message about taking care of, and preserving our environment is an added bonus. The illustrations in this book are simply stunning - real pieces of art. Each page is a joy to look at. I would thoroughly recommend!

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for an eARC of this book to read and review.

This is a really lovely book! The illustrations are beautiful I could stare at it for hours!
It was a little hard to read on my phone, so I can't wait to see the real thing when it comes out.
A book filled with imagination, fairies and fun!

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

Cottagecore is a really popular trend at the moment, and this very much suits that style.

It’s so cute and lyrical. The message at the end that subtly speaks about environmentalism is so important to teach to children. A garden does not need pesticides to thrive.

I also love the illustration style, which I think is an attainable art style for the aspiring little artists who may come across this book.

The guide to building a perfect fairy garden is a nice, interactive addition. I also would have liked to see a fine print infographic about the REAL garden creatures you may be making homes for. The book mentions how raking leaves means taking away a hiding place from fairies, but in real life, leaving leaves in the garden can actually help butterfly conservation!

The Fairy Garden is a beautifully illustrated book. Every page is bursting with color. The story is fun but somehow did not fill me with the wonderful, magical secretive feeling I get when reading many books about fairies, pixies, elves and such.. The story felt a bit short, with a dogmatic tone rather than a whimsical vein as I expected.. A nice addition at the end of the book are instructions on making a fairy house from a terra cotta planter. Also included are instructions for making your garden "fairy friendly", which may be annoying to some parents as it seems to involve leaving your garden messy and maybe full of insect pests. I have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with not using pesticides but it seems a bit heavy-handed to include that in a picture book. All in all, a nice story with joyous illustrations. Thank you to the author, Ivy Kids publishing and NetGalley for the advance reader copy.

I loved the illustrations in this book. They did a marvelous job of evoking mood, character and place.

This book is about Mimi who wants to see fairies in her garden, but what is the right kind of garden to create so that can happen? Readers will learn in a text that is a bit didactic at times.

There are projects included at the end of the story and ideas for making an ecologically safe space. These are nice extras.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.