Ruby and the Magic Garden (Scholastic Reader, Level 1: Fairy Hill #1)

Fairy Hill is a magic forest where fairies live, play, and have lots of sparkly adventures in this Level 1 reader series! Ruby, Luna, and May are best friends. These young fairies are all looking forward to earning their big wings from the Fairy Queen. But first they each have to do something extra kind or brave.



In book #1, Ruby, May, and Luna discover that Fairy Hill's magic garden has lost its sparkle! The fairies try everything to make the garden shine again, but nothing works. Then, a lost baby deer comes to the garden for help. The only way to help it find its way home is to feed it magic clover. Then Ruby has an idea! Will she be able to fix the garden and help the baby deer? Will the Fairy Queen visit the fairy friends?

Cari Meister has always made up stories. On her grandpa and grandma's farm in southern Minnesota, she'd find a quiet little spot in the cornfield and let her imagination wander. She is the author of many leveled reader series, including Tiny, Flash Forward Fairy Tales, and Fairy Hill. Cari now resides in Evergreen, Colorado, with her husband, John, their four boys, two horses, and a dog named Koki.


Erika was born in Mexico, but now lives in Paris, working as an illustrator. In her spare time, she enjoys sketching people, overhearing conversations, drinking coffee, and wearing dresses while riding her bike. She is the illustrator of the Fairy Hill leveled reader series.