Piper Green and the Fairy Tree

We have read all five Piper Green books, and love them (and are hoping for more!)! Piper is a little girl who lives on an island and takes a lobster boat to school. She’s very outspoken (which sometimes gets her into trouble), very funny, and very real. The fairy tree grows in her yard - if she leaves something for the fairies, they won’t necessarily give her something she wants, but it always turns out to be something she needs. Give these books a try!

My 4 yr old and 8 yr old love the story

Easy to read. Easy to understand. I read the book to my 5 year old daughter before bed. She loved the story and anticipated reading the book each night.

I hope more Piper Green books are on the way. The characters are wonderful. They are hilarious and a perfect alternative to many of the beginning reader books out there aimed at girls.

I enjoyed reading this book aloud to my children. They enjoyed it as well. However my daughter was disappointed that it was not about a girl who had much interaction with fairies. Fairies are barely mentioned in this book. We have started the second book and fairies do not play a big role at all. So if you are looking for a great fantasy Style story this is not necessarily going to fulfill that for you. However it is a very cute book and I enjoy reading them.

SO excited about this new series from author, Ellen Potter! Piper is a character that readers will find engaging and the story line is easy to follow, but not over simplistic. I''m looking forward to more installments!

Great books for kids and adults to read together.

My Rating: 3 StarsPiper Green: noun. Spunky and big-hearted female 2nd grader who misses her 14-year-old brother terribly. She manifests this ache in her heart by insisting on wearing green monkey earmuffs and playing hooky from school. After some misadventures, all is made right in the end.I just have to say, Tavia Gilbert does a phenomenal job narrating this book. She really brings the book to life and makes it interesting. Her voices for each character are so distinct, I actually listened to parts of the book over again specifically to figure out if there really was just one person narrating the book or if there was a full cast that, for whatever reason, wasn’t listed in the credits. Her voices for each character really are that distinct from one another! It blew me away. Her voice for Piper Green is mildly nasal-y, but not unbearable. She also nails the voice inflections for the unsure-but-determined Piper and the Eastern accents for the adults in the book. From my perspective, Tavia Gilbert makes the book.My kids listened to this book with me and loved it so much they wanted to listen to it several times over again (It’s only about 45 minutes in length from start to finish). The plot, while entertaining for my 3- and 5-year old, didn’t impress me too much. There is arguably no resolution to the conflict and the story ends abruptly. However, Tavia Gilbert’s expert reading makes up for this.On a more positive note, the content in this book was 100% family-friendly, which I love. There were messages of respect for adults, strong family bonds, and a strong sense of community on the little fishing island where Piper and her family live. There was absolutely no crude language--not even the unsavory toilet humor in so much of today’s juvenile literature (Huzzah!).If you’re looking for a short listen for the whole family, this audiobook may be for you. Don’t expect anything profound from the plot, but do anticipate having an entertaining narrator.Content Guide:Sex & Affection--NoneLanguage--None (Not even crude humor!)Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Use--NoneViolence & Crime--A girl skips school, her parents speak to her in stern tones but nothing approaching violence or abuse of any kind.This is a review of the audiobook.I received a free audio file of this audiobook from Netgalley.com. All opinions are entirely my own.