Fairies Don't Fight: A Sprightly Sibling Story

by Courtney Pippin-Mathur

Overview

Nissa and Piper are twins—fairy twins!
 
In fact, they’re the first twin fairies that have ever bloomed in their field. All the other fairies expect that they will be best friends, frolicking happily among the magical mushroom caps and daisy petals.
 
But Nissa and Piper are as different as can be.
 
While Nissa sings loud, Piper wants to quietly read. When Piper wants to make dresses out of long vines, Nissa would rather swing on them until they snap! When Piper works hard collecting gems, Nissa is off chasing fireflies.
 
Will their differences get in the way of the fairy sisters being the very best of friends? Or will they lead to pouting, arguing, and tears?
 
Nissa and Piper must learn to get along! Because everyone knows that fairies play together all day and that fairies don’t fight!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510775763
Publisher:	Sky Pony
Publication date:	05/02/2023
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Courtney Pippin-Mathur has been dreaming about fairies since she was small and spent days looking for fairy rings in her grandma’s backyard. Now she is the award-winning author-illustrator of several picture books including Maya was Grumpy and Happy Diwali, of which she was also coauthor. She lives in northern Virginia with three kids, a husband, and a large rescue dog and tries to make her backyard as fairy friendly as possible. 

Editorial Reviews

"This delightful story of sisters who share DNA, but nothing else, is funny and dear and rings so so true for all siblings, both fairy and human." —Heidi E.Y. Stemple, author of Adrift and Flamingo Bingo

From the Publisher

2023-03-14
Fairy siblings spar but eventually make up.

Though they were born inside a single flower, brown-skinned sisters Piper and Nissa are as different as can be. Piper is active, ebullient, and loud; Nissa is quiet, artistic, and introverted. Nissa makes dainty dresses and collects mineral gems; Piper chases fireflies. When Piper politely asks to borrow some of Nissa’s things, Nissa hesitates but duly concludes that “fairies should always share.” Belatedly she discovers that Piper has made a mess out of Nissa’s belongings—including her favorite book. An unseen narrator repeatedly stresses that “fairies never fight,” but nevertheless a brawl breaks out as others watch, appalled. After “tiny tempers cool,” Piper makes a new book (apparently not in her prior dribbly drip-painting style) showing the siblings “doing all their favorite activities, together and separately” and presents it to Nissa. It seems that fairies don’t say sorry…and that a beloved book can simply be replaced by a different one. Words like harmony, tranquility, and tousled might need explanation. The hard black outlines that edge the flowers, leaves, trees, birds, and fairies are somewhat at odds with the delicate subjects. All the fairies have full arms and hands but stick legs and feet; most wear dresses and have brown skin (one is lighter-skinned). The psychedelic pink and purple colors are strident, and the tiny typeface rules out reading to a group. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A far too easily resolved tale of sisterly woes. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews