20 Magical Fairy Books for Kids

Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
If you look, you can find the clues that fairies are real. Look on each page to find magical creatures as you follow the girl who is searching for traces of magic.

Fairy’s First Day of School by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Sara Not
Fairy’s mom tells her what to expect on her first day of school. A nice teacher, other fairies, learning new things, centers like art and spells, clean-up time, jobs, recess, lunchtime, and so on. Similar to a human’s first day of school, children will enjoy the fairy’s first magical day that ends with smiles and cuddles.

Flower Fairies Magical Doors by Cicily Mary Barker
My girls treasure this book! It’s a gorgeous book filled with pop-ups, paper ephemera, and other interactive features, including lift-the-flap fairy doors. The darling story shows a little girl who discovers the world of magical flower fairies in her new house.

Evie and the Strawberry Patch Rescue by Stefanie Dahle
Perfect for kids who love fairies, they will enjoy this sweet story about a strawberry fairy who protects her crop from too much rain.

A Natural History of Fairies by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Jessica Roux
Extensive information about the life of fairies from the anatomy, life cycle, wings, camouflage, habitats, fairies of the world, and so much more — a lot more! Illustrated in earthy colors and filled with handwritten notes and beautiful layouts this is a superbly rendered tome.

Fairy Spell How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real by Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
Two English girls claimed to see fairies and convinced the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that they did. But, you’ll eventually learn that it was all a hoax— revealed only when the girls became old women. The delicate illustrations help tell this enchanting true story. You’ll also see the black-and-white photos the girls took to document their fairy sightings.

The Fairy Garden by Georgia Buckthorn, illustrated by Isabella Mazzanti
A little girl named Mimi wants to make a fairy garden and so she pulls the weeds and sprays bug spray. After days pass and no fairies come to her garden, they explain that the bug spray hurts them and they also prefer weeds and leaves. Mimi changes her approach and makes a welcoming, safe space for the fairies that they love, without sprays and with plenty of weeds.

Fairy Books: Chapter Books for Ages 6 to 9

A Magic Spark (An Acorn Book) by Jessica Young, illustrated by Marie Vanderbemden
Readers who love magic and fairies will love these short stories about three fairies who become friends on the first day of fairy school. The new friends take a field trip to Crystal Pool to see what kind of magic they each have. After they discover their special talents, they have more magic-filled adventures like baking a cake and planning a party.

Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows
The Rainbow Magic Fairy books are very predictable, but kids like them– mine, loved them. They’re about two human girls who are trusted to help the magical fairies search for something Jack Frost’s goblins stole.

Sprites Secret Pixie Tricks by Tracey West, illustrated by Xavier Bonet
Violet meets a pixie who needs her help capturing the mischief-making escaped fairies from the Otherworld — and returning them to the Otherworld before something bad happens… First, they’ll start with a naughty fairy named Pix who wants everyone to play with him all the time — and not do anything else like eat or sleep. Sprite sometimes forgets things (he’s new at the job) but finally, he finds the answer for sending Pix back to where he belongs.

Never Girls by Kiki Thorpe
Human siblings and friends accidentally travel from England into the Never Land fairy world of Tinker Bell. What adventures they will have?! These stories are often a favorite choice to read independently for new readers about 2nd grade.

Candy Fairies: Chocolate Dreams by Helen Perelman
Each of the candy fairies has a specialty starting with Coco the Chocolate fairy. In this adventure, she’s blamed for the missing chocolate eggs that Mogu the troll stole. Coco needs to find the eggs and return them so the balance will return to Sugar Valley. Yummy adventures that fairy-loving readers will love!

Fairies To Color Color Cool & Calm Coloring for Kids
From the same company as Animal Babies, comes another coloring book of total cuteness, this time with fairies. The pages are detachable, making color and displaying (or gifting) an easy option.

Princess Evie by Sarah Kilbridge
Before Princess Evie starts a new class at school, she and her magical pony, Willow, and cat, Sparkles, help the fairies on their first day of school. She partners with a new friend to rescue a baby hedgehog. Kids will love the combination of horses, magic, and friendship in a wonderful adventure story.

Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley, illustrated by Jaime Zollars
Fairy Nix guards the woods for his beloved queen. He’s annoyed by a human man who lives in a cottage and tries to figure out how to get rid of the man. The man reveals to Nix that Nix is not a fairy but a human child stolen long ago. It’s a bittersweet, tender story about a lost boy…and I LOVED it so much. This is a magnificent tale with an innocent, unreliable narrator for whom you’ll feel all the feelings…

Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty
Set in the time of early American settlers, this is a beautiful story about a night spirit. Willa discovers that her clan is keeping human captives. She’s banished and hunted. So Willa finds shelter with a kind human man. When she realizes that one of his children is one of the human captives, Willa returns to rescue all the humans. The author explores the meaning of family and the themes of prejudice and caring for the natural world.

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Angela Barrett
The Night Fairy is a story of growth, friendship, and redemption. Flora loses her wings to an over-enthusiastic bat. She bitterly resigns to living during the day and finding other animals to obey her commands. When Flora has the choice to save a hummingbird, even though the hummingbird won’t promise to obey her, Flora realizes that it is within her power to forgive, be compassionate, and be brave.

Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
In this graphic novel, Willow’s uncomfortable emotions are actual monsters who are literally bottled up in bottles but keep escaping in bursts of mean words. In the woods, she meets a runaway Magnolia tree spirit named Pilu. As Willow and Pilu share their stories, Willow reveals that she knows her emotion-monsters keep growing when she ignores them. But she persists in ignoring them because she thinks that to be nice, she must keep the monsters stuffed away. Eventually, Willow realizes that the uncomfortable emotion monsters are a part of her. Introspective, sensitive, and important– this is a dazzling openhearted journey of self-discovery and healthy emotional growth.

In These Magic Shoes by Yamile Saied Mendez
A tenderhearted, beautiful story about family, asking for help when you need it, racism, and grit. When their mom doesn’t return home from work, Minerva cares for her siblings and herself. She doesn’t tell anyone that her mom’s missing, so they won’t get sent to foster care or a holding center. She knows her mom would never leave them, but she doesn’t know what to do. She bravely faces each day with strength but desperately wants to be a kid again with no responsibilities — like pulling her little sister out of an abusive daycare. At school, Minerva tries out for the Peter Pan musical and speaks up against the play’s racism. At home, her sisters talk about the fairies they see, just like the fairies from her mamá’s stories. Finally, Minerva contacts her mom’s estranged mother, their abuela, for help.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Jacob abandons his life in the real world, for one behind an enchanted mirror in his father’s office, the mirror where his father disappeared years ago. In Mirrorworld, Jacob travels with Fox, a clever woman who prefers her fox skin to her human skin. When Jacob’s younger brother Will (who is actually an adult and so is Jacob) follows Jacob to Mirrorworld one day, he is attacked by a Stoneman, a Goyl. Will’s wounds begin to turn him into a Goyl; only he will be made of jade. This dark story is filled with Grimm fairy tales — fairies, a candy house, unicorns, a Tailor, magic, spells, dwarfs, and such.