Childhood memories

Princess Mermaid of the Spring, she represents the cherry blossom and the hasn´t have a name, what could her name be? A serie of mermaids that represents the seasons? 👑 𓇼 ✧.*˚ ༘ 𓆉𓇼𓆡❋𐇲❀✿𐇵✽

august really slipped away into a moment in time and poor Babu wonders if he was ever mine. Message in a bottle is all she can do, standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

Il Diario Agenda di Fairy Oak. Dodici mesi buffi e divertenti, ricchi di contenuti ludico/educativi, dai trucchi per affrontare la matematica e per scrivere bei temi, alle lezioni di magia sulla natura, dalle ricette per i dolci delle feste, alle lezioni di disegno. 🍁 384 pagine, data libera, con copertina imbottita morbida 🍁 #elisabettagnone #fairyoak #diario https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch4E_r4qP2O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🧚‍♀️ Il destino di una fata. Corriamo a #FairyOak Una nuova voce. Scopriamo insieme chi è… #fate #magia #letture #bookstagramitalia https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6YmKMqP7V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE FAIRYOAK URL IS TAKEN

Fairy Oak

My first ever Tumblr review! It was kinda long for instagram, and I wanted to get started on here anyways, so here we are!

I'm just gonna start off by saying that I am a sucker for good worldbuilding. And this series, right after the Lord of the Rings, made me realize that. Seriously, though: you could build a perfect, amazing world and set there the most ugly, annoying story; I would still read and love the heck out of it.

Anyway, in this case not only the worldbuilding is amazing, but also the plot makes the series one of the best fantasy sagas I've ever read.

The author of this series is Elisabetta Gnone, mostly famous for writing the W.I.T.C.H. comics saga

One note before I start: I read the book in Italian, so some names and terms might not be accurate to the English translation (I think that Pervinca is called Lavander and Felì Feliz). I don't know if the people who are reading this are actually English or use another main language, so to avoid confusion I figured it would be better to keep the original Italian names/terms

THE STORY

For obvius reasons I'm not going to get into detail, I'm just giving a general idea of the plot.

The story is set in Fairy Oak, a village located in a valley in an unspecified part of the world. This village has something special: there live, in (almost) peace both magical creatures, such as fairies, witches and wizards, and non-magical creatures, humans. The books are told from the point of view of one of the fairies, Felì, who, like many others of her kind, works as the nanny of two youg twin girls who are set to become witches.

Now, there are two kinds of witches and wizards: those with the power of the Dark and those with the power of Light. Those powers are inherited through one's family. Everyone expects the twins, Vaniglia and Pervinca, to inherit the power of Light, like their mother and aunt before them. However, surprisingly, while Vaniglia indeed becomes a Light Witch, Pervinca inherits the power of Darkness.

In the same days, an ancient Enemy attaks the valley. He doesn't have a name, nor a face; all the villagers know is that He wants to destroy all the beauty of the valley, and for Darkness to prevail. In order to do that, He needs to separate the twins: He wants Pervinca to betray her sisters and turn her back to her family.

The main story is told trough the course of three books. In the same universe the author set five other standalone novels (plus one which should come out in autumn 2021), which focus more on side characters and are a little bit more lighthearted.

WHY I RECOMMEND IT

This is perfect for young kids who want an easy introduction to fantasy books. The plot structure is extremely simple, and yet the story that comes out is one of the most amazing I've ever read, one that I come back to every one in a while to fall back into that familiar, relaxing world.

Granted, it isn't perfect: there are a few bits where the plot does't flow as smoothly as it should; for example, side characters that in one book are Light Wizards become Dark Wizards in the next, bits where two people talk for half of a page and then they realize that four hours have passed... Things like that, which I realized only after reading the books a few times, and probably wouldn't bother a kid who reads them for the first time.

If the setting and the plot aren't interesting enough to tempt you, please take a look at the amazing illustration that I left throught the post, made by the amazing Alessia Martusciello. Every book has about 20 pages filled with those coloured illustrations, mostly not related to the plot, but just snapshots of the daily life in the village, family photos, the twins' magic lessons notebooks... Those alone are worth the price of the books!

(PS: here's the link to the website, where you can check out everything about the saga and more illustrations!)

💘Vaniglia & Grisam 🌙 . I really liked how this turned out, I love the characters in this saga so much I’m planning on drawing them all 🧡🍂🙌🏾 . Can’t wait to read the new book “La Storia Perduta” 🤩 . #fairyoak #fairyoakfanart #vanigliaperiwinkle #grisamburdock #elisabettagnone #freckled https://www.instagram.com/p/CIHHHsWgpTe/?igshid=ka58vrgu2mjz

Rileggendo la saga immergendomi nella lettura, le parole diventano immagini e intorno a me vive Fairy Oak.

Anyways I'm super happy because ELISABETTA GNONE LIKED MY ILLUSTRATION AAAHHHH SBSJSJSJJSJS

Fairy Oak - Lineart Pervinca & Vaniglia

Vainilla & Pervinca

Elisabetta Gnone ´s Fairy Oak fanart!

Ho appena visto su IG questo bellissimo scatto di @notturnalia che merita di essere condiviso🍁buona notte da Sevilla 🇪🇸 • #gifted #instalibri #consiglidilettura #letteratura #ticonsigliounlibro #darkacademia #leggeresempre #librisulibri #libribelli #salani #fairyoak #lastoriaperduta #elisabettagnone #fantalibrini #libriperragazzi #libriperbambini #librifantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CkReTUKMPFk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I can promise you guys that major Lilac Tomelilla vibes are coming soon

Books I prefer without the dust jacket.

Fairy Oak is a series by an Italian writer named Elisabetta Gnone, this series tells the story of two twin witches - Lavender and Vanilla Periwinkle - living in the town called Fairy Oak. I remember loving these books back when I was around 14, and it’s crazy to think I read these a decade ago.

I’m in the middle of moving and I wanted to take a photo of them before packing them away.

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🌸ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕒 ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕝𝕖 ~ 𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕒 𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕪 𝕆𝕒𝕜, 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕒 𝔾𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕖🌸 Sorpresa!!! Bueno les cuento yo hace muchos años dibujaba pero deje de practicar 💔y bueno todo mi avance se fue al drenaje, Aquí dibujé a mi Vi, mi gemela favorita Periwinkle. La saga infantil de Fairy Oak que cuenta la historia de dos gemelas que nacieron con 12 horas de diferencia lo que hizo que una naciera de día y otra de noche por lo que las convierte a Vainilla y Pervinca brujas de la luz y obscuridad respectivamente, ambas tienen asignada una hada niñera desde que nacieron llamada Feli🌸 El ser una bruja de obscuridad la hace entrar en muchos conflictos internos al lidiar con su magia y sus poderes y con su hermana que a pesar que la ama mucho no pueden entenderse del todo como las gemelas que son. Es una historia tierna llena de magia y fantasía con personajes adorables y los dibujos más lindos que verás en tu vida uwu esta saga me trae muchos recuerdos ya que una tía que falleció hace unos 3 aprox me regaló los libros de cuentos cortos de Fairy Oak que me faltaban :') gracias por agrandar mi librero con tu regalo, besito a la estrella más brillante en la que te encuentras. Pdta: Pervinca es uno de mis nombres favoritos🥰🌸 Pdta2: La segunda imagen es ORIGINAL del libro, asi de bello es. #books #readersofinstagram #bookstagramchile #pervincaperiwinkle #fairyoak #fairyoakfanart #librosinfantiles #bookstagram #brujadelaobscuridad (en Osorno X Región de los Lagos) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpRvqFlzuq/?igshid=1fzargh22zhjb