Tinker Bell's Tea Party

"Tinker Bell's Tea Party" is a cute book that ought to appeal a wide age range. The story is charming and begins simply enough with Tink making herself a pretty silver teacup. Well, you know how it is with new things, you want to try them out. And so Tink decides to make herself a simple cup of tea, and that's when the ball gets rolling that ends up creating quite a bit of chaos before it settles down to a lovely teaparty. It's starts out like this -- Willow, the table-setting-talent fairy, tells Tink that it's too close to lunch and she'll have to make the tea herself. Tink flies off for water, where she meets Rani who insists that she needs 'special dew' for a good cup of tea. Well, they set off to find the dew and in the course of events they run across Lily, who insists they they'd be silly to make tea without good honey. And in this way Tink keeps getting 'advice' and picking up friends until at last it's assumed that a major event is underway. The story ends nicely with everyone thanking Tinker Bell for bringing them together. Additional Considerations::: The artwork in this book is very nice. The backgrounds are top notch, with rich colors and excellent details. And the characters themselves are pleasing. A very nice touch are the little asides that talk about fairy facts. For example one of the first ones says, "The language of snapdragons is easy for garden-talent fairies to learn, since these plants only say two things: 'I am biting something!' and 'I wish I were biting something!'" Talking Points::: Very nice artwork and story in this Disney tale. Tinker Bell's Tea Party ought to be pretty well received by young girls from Toddler on up to 7,8, or 9. Very young boys will probably enjoy it as well. I could not find a reading level for this book. My guess is that the book would be on the 3rd grade level. I should also add that some of the text --the fairy facts-- is in a handwriting font, which might stymie some youngsters, but there's not enough of it to really detract from the value of the book as a practice reader. Besides we can always consider that 'special' reading practice. Pam T~ mom and reviewer at BooksForKids-reviews