Camilla the Cupcake Fairy
Camilla the Cupcake Fairy
By: Tim Bugbird
Illustrated by: Lara Ede
I bought this book on a whim at a Scholastic Book Fair. How could I resist a book about a fellow cupcake fairy? Surely she and I would be kindred spirits. And I’m also on the lookout for books to read with the kiddos in my life (someday I’ll share this with my daughter or granddaughter).
When I sat down and read the book at home, I had a preconceived notion of what the book would be … and it wasn’t quite what I expected. Here I thought the book would be about a fairy who could make cupcakes by the hundreds and spread joy to other fairies with delicious cupcakes, but what I got was a five year old fairy who had never made a cupcake on her own.
For Camilla’s fifth birthday she gets her very first wand. She tries to do all of these exciting things, but nothing works. Eventually she makes a cupcake and wants to frost it, but it goes terribly wrong.
Without giving too much away, the moral of the story is that you can do great things with help from your friends. It wasn’t the theme I expected, but I don’t hate it. It felt a little too heavy handed, but I’m also a 25-year-old reading a book with an intended audience of 5 year olds. I should find the main concept a little obvious.
It’s a cute read—it rhymes and the pictures are fun. I could see some of the little girls I know really enjoying this book. Especially those who love pink! There’s also a good amount of humor when things go wrong for Camilla.
So, in short, it’s not my favorite book. But not every book I read can be my favorite. I did like it, and I will be reading it again with the kiddos in my life.
