Do Fairies Bring the Spring?

This is a charming rhyming picture book for young children. It's sure to please children who love flowers and fairies. Some nice advice on helping spring along at the end of the book, too. Gardner Walsh's rhyming text may help emerging readers with pronunciation and sounding out words. Mitchell's simply drawn illustrations, while not classical fairy illustrations, are child-accessible.

A sweet rhyming picture book that shows the magic of new beginnings in the spring. It teaches the rewards of being "patient and gentle, quiet, and brave." The page with hints for helping the fairies makes this a good book to read before starting a garden project with a child.

The vivid illustrations depicted the questions on each page. Finding and counting the little fairies on the pages added to the book's theme of gardening,nature, and of the animals that habit in the Spring gardens. Liked the theme that all nature has to rely on what each has to offer. All the animals, plants, fairies and people have to work together to have a colorful Spring.

This is a cute rhyming book about the fairies who help springtime to come by waking the flowers and painting them bright colors.

4 stars
5 stars for the delightful, attractive illustrations of spring flowers, gardening tools, and tiny wild animals helping out. And the fairies are different colours and races, which makes it very cute and nice to look at and helps little readers identify with them.

There are questions and suggestions about how fairies might be waking up the dormant plants and affecting how things grow. Good for conversations with kids.

The poetry could be better, but an adult might be able to compensate when reading aloud and distracting a child with the many little details in the pictures. (I reckon the poetry’s maybe 3 stars.)

“For without the plants would fairies cease to be?
And without fairies would plants vanish entirely?”

Pretty little book that will add nicely to a library.

(I’m quoting from my NetGalley preview copy, so the text may have changed when it’s published.)

This is another book in the series "Do Fairies...". It talks about spring and new growth that is brought on with the help of the fairies. It is a great way to introduce spring, growing season, taking care of nature and plants etc. The story is told in rhyme and Gardner Walsh's rhyming text may help emerging readers with pronunciation and sounding out words. The illustrations are beautiful water colours that enhance the fairy story. The end of the story talks about the symbiotics of the fairies and the plants. At the end of the story, Walsh goes over ways to help fairies prepare for spring by taking care of the plants and animals that visit gardens. These are great ideas that parents and their children can do together. Any child who likes fairies will love this book. A great book for family and school libraries.

Thank you Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read this book with my 5 year old. She found it easy to read and spent a ridiculous amount of time studying the pictures. And the illustrations are perfect. They provoked an immediate "awwww" moment from both of us. There isn't an actual story, more of a poem dedicated to nature and it's mysteries. It's simply written with a clear but not preachy message. We both thoroughly enjoyed it.

Let's start off by saying the illustrations are fantastic in this book!!!

I love the rhyming and poetry this book has. The story is wonderful, whimsical, and magical. The WAYS TO ENCOURAGE FAIRIES IN THE SPRING part, is great! Even tho I do not have a garden, I now want to make houses for fairies!

Excellent book

An instant classic, this beautiful book is filled with whimsical prose and illustrations. A great view on the awakening of life that occurs in spring, wrapped up with ways to help the fairies and welcome them. Highly recommend for the young and young at heart.

What brings the spring? Is it nature or is it fairies. The story is nice and rhymey however it is the beyond adorable illustrations that make this book a home run of a fairy tale.

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Cute story about fairies. Also encouraged kids to garden & plant things to attract bees & hummingbirds & butterflies

Do Fairies Bring the Spring? is an adorable children’s book that combines nature, magic, and poetry to allow children into a world of fairies and nature – it is both whimsical and educational, an excellent way to cultivate an early interest in the outdoor world. I imagine there will be many parents, children, and teachers reading and loving this delightful book.

'When all the blossoms of spring begin to appear,
Do you think there might be fairies near?'


This is a lovely little story, all about fairies and nature, and how they could be working together to create beautiful spring days. Gardner Walsh focuses on the idea of people working in harmony with nature, caring and appreciating it, so that we can all enjoy it. I find that most children’s books teach something in a subtle way and I like the way this story manages it twofold. Not only are children encouraged to be curious about nature and magic, they are also encouraged to understand that beautiful things can happen when here is harmony between two things; there is a definite message of looking after nature and respecting it, which I think is a brilliant message that we will always need.

'Perhaps they rely on what each has to offer
both of their spirits making the other one softer.'


The illustrations by Hazel Mitchell are beautiful in their simplicity, comprising soft colours and cute drawings of fairies, nature, and people. Every single page is a feast for the eyes and Mitchell’s drawings perfectly compliment Gardner Walsh’s words. I loved the diversity with the fairies as well – they weren’t all white, blonde-haired beauties, they show that mythical creatures can be just as varies as people with a multitude of races and different features, which is happening more and more in picture books and is always good to see.

I can’t recommend this story enough for children, parents, and teachers alike. It is both adorable and educational, and would lead to hours of magic and enjoyment for all – I particularly liked the last page of the story that encourages different ways to create a beautiful garden and help nature in your own small ways, and I know I will be using as many of those ideas as possible when I have children of my own.

I read this book with my 10 yo girl and we both loved, loved, loved the illustrations in this book…they are cute, colorful, vibrant, and just so ‘aaaw’some! While the text itself did not get our attention as much, the message conveyed is sweet and important, and the almost rhyming prose takes us through what the fairies are maybe doing to help plants and vice versa. One line that caught my attention was one that wondered if either (fairies and/or plants) would vanish without the other. By extending the concept of fairies to us, we can work on how important conservation is.

This children’s book will appeal to the little girls who are already fond of the magical world of fairies. The illustrations are stunning, colourful and full of joy. The wow factor has definitely been achieved. It is a sweet story filled with rhymes and life lessons. It teaches the child to take care of nature, the plants and flowers and all the creatures visiting them. It is a story of patience and care, about life and hope of future growth.

It is a beautifully written, poetic and visually captivating children’s book.

"When all the blossoms of spring begin to appear,
Do you think there might be fairies near?"

Thus begins this sweet book, written in rhyme, that exposes the young reader to the magic of fairies who wake up the sleepy plants from their long winter's nap and add vibrant colours to the world as it comes alive. Questions are posed to get the reader thinking about fairies and how they interact with nature and help create new growth and beauty for everyone to enjoy.

"Do the fairies pull out all the stubborn shoots and brush out winter's tangled roots?"

"Are they huddled around in their fairy house towns, planning on ways to fill the bare ground?"

"Do they use tiny brushes and oil pastels to paint crocuses, lilacs, and daffodils?"

This charming sequel to "Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows" along with the brilliant illustrations will have your child out in the garden looking for hidden fairies that just might appear and help their own gardens to grow. I am sure upon reading the book kids will have a greater appreciation for the outdoors. Highly recommended.

I had this book sent to my kids kindle and they absolutely loved reading it together! My daughter in particular loved it.

An adorable children's rhyming book that has beautiful illustrations. Little girls will especially like the fairy theme. Sweet. Book would make an excellent gift for mother's expecting a Spring arrival.

What a delightful, whimsical read is Do Fairies Bring the Spring? by Liza Gardner Walsh and Illustrated by Hazel Mitchell. My grandson and I enjoyed this book even though the six-year-old insisted it is a book his sister would enjoy more. Perhaps, but I can’t say that I agree with him. Any lover of plants, Springtime and has experienced the joy of just being able to get back outside after a cold winter would appreciate this book.

The illustrations add to make the writing in this quick reading book come to life. The questioning style of the wording was a wonderful way to guide the very young and the not so young, like me, to thinking of the magical season of Spring. While it may be available digital, I think this is one that would make a perfect hardcover copy gift. With the questions and details in the illustrations, it is sure to become a child’s favorite.

DO FAIRIES BRING THE SPRING? written by Lisa Gardner Walsh and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell is an attractive colorful rhyming children's book. There are little fairies of various nationalities and tiny animals, insects and plants. The colors are beautiful, bright and cheerful. At the end of the book is a list of ways to encourage fairies in the spring such as planting, feeding the birds, fixing up fairy houses and laughing and frolicking in nature.

'So as bright petals open and spring blankets the land
can you imagine a fairy's little hand
helping things grow to make all of us smile
and reminding us to sit and enjoy nature a while?'

Thanks to NetGalley and Down East Books for a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
5⭐️.

Do Fairies Bring the Spring? by Liza Gardner Walsh, illustrated by Hazel Mitchell is an absolutely delightful and charming picture book about fairies and spring. This book has wormed its way right into my heart! Now, I will admit that I love fairies anyway, but this book is absolutely wonderful!

The text rhymes and is nice and lyrical. The pictures are just beautiful, engaging, and full of little surprises. If you really take the time to look through all the pictures, you'll see little ladybugs, snails, bees, other little bugs, and woodland creatures. There's a decent amount of diversity within the fairy ranks, including a boy fairy, and our main fairy is black.

I cannot say enough about the illustrations! I'm absolutely charmed by them. They're delightful! One page talks about using tiny brushes and oil pastels to paint the flowers and some of the fairies are holding little oil pastels that they're clearly using to color the flowers. It's just lovely.

The text is very lyrical. A few times the rhyming words were stretching it a bit, but they never broke the lyrical pace and flow. It's also obvious that the illustrator really paid attention to the text when she made the illustrations.

I highly recommend this book for any fairy lover in your life! It's just delightful!

This was a cute book for children of all ages. Enjoyed it immensely and would recommend to anyone looking for a good read.