rereading all the disney fairies books
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- I recently reread my whole collection of Disney Fairies books, and I thought it would be nostalgic to talk about them. I've tried to include as many illustrations in this video as possible because the art is (in my opinion) the best part. Feel free to leave a comment, it makes my day!
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I scanned in the images from my physical books, but here's some other places I sourced info and images from:
/ disneyfairies2005-2007
/ artofdisneyfairies
disneyfairies.fandom.com/wiki...
www.tumblr.com/ranibell
This is the interview with Gail Carson Levine that I used:
• Inspired by Peter Pan:...
Keywords for the CZcams gods: Disney, Disney Fairies, fairy, fairies, Tinker Bell, Tinkerbell, Pixie Hollow, Vidia, Rani, Prilla, Silvermist, Iridessa, Fawn, Rosetta, video essay, plot summary, long video, deep dive, retrospective, analysis, nostalgia, childhood, y2k, girly, books, booktube, Gail Carson Levine, Jenny Nicholson, Li Speaks, Izzzyzzz
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:22 Gail Carson Levine Trilogy
30:15 Chapter books
1:03:29 Other Books - Komedie
“I wanted to marry Peter. I thought Wendy was an IDIOT for wanting to go home.” Iconic old lady
lmfao, me too, except i couldn't stand peter in the first film and totally understood why wendy left. i had a crush on return to neverland peter exclusively.
@@lilenwasnothere6867 SAME RTN PETER WAS SO FINE??
@@lilenwasnothere6867YEP and tbh I also liked Jane better than Wendy. Wendy was sweet, and I did like her, but I loved Jane’s spunkiness and the fact that she made mistakes and had to fix them
honestly… the books > the movies !! love that i’m not alone spending hours analysing disney fairies 😭😭
I found you! I saw your recent Disney Fairies video too!! Loved it sm
Same lol! The Disney website used to have a game where you could design, dress and name fairies and assign what kid of fairy they are. I designed so many fairies I used an entire ink cartridge printing them out. I did this in my 30's lol!
is that an LPS pfp I see?
If I had a nickel for everytime Disney completely changed Gail Carson Levine's work I'd have two nickels which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice.
The part where Prilla told all the kids to clap affected me so much as a kid, I remember putting the book down to start clapping😭 It was really magical for me
That’s actually so adorable lol😭❤️
My favourite part growing up was definitely the part of Bess's book where she randomly sketches out a windy scene and-while most fairies would find it messy and unappealing-Vidia, a prideful character who'd never even admit to having an interest in "arts and crafts", immediately takes a liking to the piece.
Though I didn't realise it then, this 100% made a huge impact on me as a young artist. It goes to show that:
• Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. While generally aesthetic art may easily please more people, creating an unique piece which deeply resonates with even just one person feels much, much more meaningful.
• You can't please everyone, and you shouldn't. Doing so only leads to eventual mental/physical burnout. Might as well just invest time in something you're personally interested in (and someone will definitely take a liking to it, as noted in the previous point).
• Never agree to free labour! Charge appropriately for commissions. Your expertise came from years of experience and deserves compensation.
I am now a professional illustrator & art teacher. Thank you for reminding me of the good times, you must've spent so much time creating this video. This included so much content and was presented very well, I hope more fans discover your channel 💜
There was something extra magical about the Disney fairy books. Like was the world building insane? Yes. But did they stay consistent? Also yes.
congrats sarah you’ve now become the “hidden gem” video essay channel im going to recommend to my friends
And I’m going to tell my friends about this lovely comment!
I would love to see some sort of collab with jenny Nicholson, Gabi belle, or cari can read
Honestly tho, i learn so much with her videos and her voice is really relaxing. I love it ❤
are you kidding me.... my whole life i thought her name was "rain-ee" no way it was "rah-nee" this whole time???
I was thinking and hoping it was Rah-nee!
I also pronounced vidia’s name wrong too
@@catgirl2016 My grandma (may she rest in peace) used to pronounce Vidia’s name as Vy-dee-uh. Turns out, Vidia was the very first girl I had a crush on!
iirc it's stated in the books that not all laughs become NEVER fairies- some laughs become shimmering fairies, some become wanded fairies, etc. only a rare few become never fairies, and because fairies are vulnerable to disbelief (which they had very little power to prevent before Prilla came along) on top of natural deaths (can drown in less than an inch of water, very tasty to hawks, etc) i'm guessing their mortality rate is fairly high
Soop felt bad for making her friend not speak or be able to write, so she offered to take any punishment her friend thought of, including taking away her hearing and ability to read. BUT her friend drops the wand, mouthing, “I can’t do anything to you” and hugs her. 😭
The Gail Carson Trilogy was amazing like the world building and the introduction of other mythical creatures there are just chefs kiss.
I think I only knew how Rani was pronounced because it’s a Hindi name that means princess
Oh wow I didn’t know that! Now I feel like it would have been cool if they made Rani Indian, instead of another white girl with blonde hair
@@sarah_serif right? It would’ve been so fun for Indian girls to see themselves as fairies
Rani means queen ...not princess
i am currently reliving my flower fairy phase and this video is helping lol. My favourite was the girl's book of flower fairies and i used to use flowers from the garden to make little clothes for my polly pockets!
I had a Disney Fairies flower press where you would press flowers and glue them on dress templates and there were paper dolls of the characters! I loved that thing
To be honest the books deserve to be animated because this crap is amazing and if you were ever wondering how something something exists in The Lore of the Tinkerbell movie read the books they give you all the answers you need
A tv show where each episode is a different book plot >
BRO disney fairies is one of my special interests im so insanely excited to watch this
i used to have the self insert book, i think it was a gift from my grandparents.
it starts with you and all of your siblings on a beach and then you see some sort of light and arrive in neverland, you become a fairy for the day and throw a party for you or something and then you go home but only because you have to. (this is all off the top of my head)
I loved this world in GCL's books (unfortunately there was only the first one in the library so I didn't even know there were 3 of them). I loved that it felt... real? Reasonable? (kinda....) I loved that pixie dust didn't come from knowhere and that fairies had limitations - pixie dust was given in rations and no pixie dust = no flying, and second - that the wings weigh a lot in water! It was unique to me, and the most impactful thing was when Rani had to cut off her wings. I still remember to this day how I felt reading this. It was kinda dreadful but I was very impressed.
The artwork in these books is breathtaking
when i was a kid, i always wondered how the movies being prequels worked considering the peter pan movies, since tink is meaner and more jealous in the peter pan movies and only gets better after jane saves her, while she is nicer and more controlled in the tinkerbell movies. the books being sequels to that makes so much more sense for tink as a character.
So I was an adult when all the fairy stuff released but was immediately just charmed by the aesthetic of the books. I feel the designs on all the fairies is so much cuter in the books than in the movies. I got my little niece to play the pixie hollow online game with me, which was the most amazing game. You made your own fairy or sparrow man and could craft clothes, decorate your own house and had of course your talent. You'd earn crafting materials doing all sorts of mini games that were blatant copies of well known ones but with fairy theme to it. When they took the entire site down i was soo sad.
I think you're right about there being 2 kinds of people. Those that dream of meeting fairies and those that dream of being fairies. I was definitely in the be a fairy column. I wanted to be a water talent so i could hang out with Rani and Silvermyst (my favorites) or a music talent because i love music. Prilla (sp?) and Rani were some of the best book fairies, and I never understood why they didn't choose to have them in the movies.
P.S. I always pronounced it Rainy in my head too lol. oops
oh i used to love pixie hollow online!! i think theres fanmade revivals of it floating out there like fairyabc and we the pixies :3
im so sad we never knew who drew the illustrations for the tinkerbell and friends books! The art style is TO DIE FOR omg.
For the graphic novels, i have it in my country too for a good moment. That magazine is what got me interested to get the disney fairies books itself. The magazines have a short comic to show further the fairies and their talents, and all the other pages is basically like accessories to match your talent, DIY, fashion to match your talent etc. Very interesting indeed.
Oh wow, that’s so cool that you had the magazine! And I feel like Disney isn’t great at crediting their artists. The tumblr artofdisneyfairies has a lot of the tinkerbell franchise art and gives credit when possible, that’s a great place to look for art
@@sarah_serif Oh that place is my safe haven! x'D
The magazine i have is in english too so i have no idea where the source country is from, since i always thought there is only a english version, imagine my shock when i heard from you that there's a french version! Hahahaha!
Thank you so much for this video! My country stop bringing in the books from 2nd generation of the fairies so i had no idea all those at the back exist! Its too expensive for me to purchase even now but thanks to your video i at least know the contents of it ^^
can confirm, they made spanish translations for latin america! i cherished those magazines until they were worn out as hell ❤️❤️
@@lulucool45absolutely, i still kept my english copies too or at least as much as i can ^^
I was obsessed with these books as a kid! My grandma would take me to Barnes and Noble whenever I visited and I'd buy any new ones that came out.
Rani was always my favorite. I wish she had a presence in the movies!
I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, BUT I couldn’t stop laughing at 38:30 . I’m from Chile and I was not expecting a reference to the 33 miners that miraculously survived and then were saved after months of being trapped in the mine. Anyways! I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one who liked this series! I sadly didn’t own any books, but I had a couple of comic. They were super short, like 20 pages max I think, so hearing a whole recap of all the books and seeing the amazing art has brought so many happy memories. Thank you!
i LOVE the gail carson levine books! read them for the first time within the last 2 years after falling in love with the tinkerbell movies in 2013ish. i am fully obsessed and want more of her books!!!!!!!!!!!! (for reference, i just turned 30 so I became obsessed with this whole fairy lore stuff fully as an adult! NO SHAME. the books are amazing)
I think this was better than even reading the book so entertaining
Gail is one of my favorite authors, any novel i write will be for an older audience than hers tend to be, but shes a big role model of mine. I love her protagonists.
Yes, I loved her darker fairy books and Ella Enchanted is one of my all time favorite childhood books! It’s one of only a few I’ve reread as an adult.
I'm a big fan of the g1 with Rani as my favorite fairy (that's probably why I'm such a drama queen) I discovered the franchise by the comic books and i didn't started reading the books until much later, i readed the quest for the egg when i was 16 and still was surprised by how much dark it was, it's obvious that Gail Carson got a lot of creative freedom while writing it because the body horror on it it's just wild, but by the other hand, her narrative about never land and the fairy world felt almost like it was written by JM Barrie himself it really feels like a legitimate continuation of the original Peter pan, even more than the official book sequel
Ohhhhh this is the content I needed for so long!! I have all of the comics (at least before they transitioned to the “second generation” characters) and I thought people forgot about the disney fairies franchise 😭 I’m so glad there’s still people who remember and have nostalgia for them ❤❤❤
I have also pronounced Rani as rainy for a long time too and never thought to look up how to pronounce correctly😅
Fira was also in the resin model collection of the fairies from the Disney store. I remember her, Rani, Vidia, Fawn, Prilla, Bess, Tink and several others in the collection
I once wrote an add-on in my own copy of Quest for the wand that, along with Prilla’s wish, the wand let Rani and the bat separate into two entities.
I don’t have the book anymore, it’s somewhere else in the world, I hope making some kid happy. (With or without my crude addition) 🤣
I had two of the chapter books (Queen Clarion's Secret and Rosetta's Daring Day) and this unearthed memories I didn't think still existed in my mind, the main one being that I liked Prilla because her hair was similar to mine, which is still a surefire way to get me attached to a character lol
Prilla definitely had one of the prettiest designs. I wish they'd given her a movie so more kids knew about her.
I'm so glad you managed to include all the illustrations. I love David Christiana's artstyle for the Gail Carson Levine trilogy and getting to see how this franchise began was super interesting and enlightening. I loved the movies as a child and still do but they really don't seem to do justice to the books. I hope at some point Disney decides to adapt the original book trilogy into an actual high-budget film franchise, it would make so many people's lives objectively better.
I think this was better than even reading the book so entertaining. I think this was better than even reading the book so entertaining.
Love this video, it feels like someone is just reading me the pixie hollow stories but putting their personality into it
They healed the fairy's vision instead of just asking Tinkerbell to make her glasses? They had the opportunity to give a fairy glasses, like many of her readers probably had, and they passed it up. 🙄
Okay if you meant something else sorry because I was listening to the video in the background and might have missed something, but do you mean the story with Myka? Because I remember reading that book and I think it wasn't that her vision was just blurry, she was actually going blind so glasses wouldn't fix it.
@@emilydonley8487
Ah, that's entirely possible. All I know about the story is what I heard from the video, and I'm not sure I was listening that closely, either.
It's so interesting to hear about the Disney fairies in book form, since I only knew them as graphic novel characters! I used to looove the magazines they came on, and there was always a small gift in each edition! Omg the fairies' rooms illustrations... ugh, still makes me want to live there and have a dress made of flowers!
These books are a continuation to the Peter Pan book?
@@Clava_Vodeanuc not really, they're their own thing
This video has unlocked a series of core memories and feelings from my youth
when I was growing up, I remember watching a show about fairies called Winx Club. What makes them different from all the rest of the fairy shows is that the girls transform into fairies
I still like Winx seasons 1-3, part of 4, and the world of Winx series. I can think of a few other things with girls transforming into fairies, angel friends and w.i.t.c.h are shows and fairy chronicles is a book series.
But they often had missions underwater, shouldn't be mermaids?
@narmlaudalv957 Winx club, oh, so has mermaids But instead of looking like a normal mermaid they have Fairy wings
Just finished the video, I want more!! This has unlocked lost memories, at first I was like “I doubt I remember the first generation of Disney fairies” but immediately when I saw the art style in the chapter books it all hit me, all the thinga-ma-bobs, and cute details in this book I had.. I don’t recall you showing it in the video, but I think that it was a thin, but tall book, and It came with a matching fairy cup, that we still have
For some reason, when I think about fairies, I think about the one time a few girls in my neighborhood (when I was probably 10 years old and they were) were building a little fairy house in some rock wall. Being curious and barely understanding fairies, came over and started to poke and pick up the little props they made and absolutely destroyed their house. They never talked to me again after that.
Also, during that same time period, I distinctly remember my middle school library had the manga version of the Vidia crown story and 2 different fairy chapter books. I remember that because I read them.
I love the trio of Prilla, Vidia, and Rani. Their personalities are so different but they bounce off of each other so well. It reminds me of your ragtag DnD party going on a quest.
It’s cool hearing this and seeing the bits they plucked out and used for the movies.
Also, Mother Dove seems to be a Phoenix stand-in?
So nostalgic... I loved the fairies from the books so much and had a lot of magazines about them. Never got into the movies but I guess I was already too old when movies came out.
And correct pronunciation of Rany's name surprised me too! But it's due to the fact that in translation to my native language her name was something like Rainy indeed
I didn’t have them all but I had a lot of the books and i was OBSESSED with Rani’s. Like to this day I couldn’t tell u a single thing about any of the other fairy books i owned but i still remember several scenes from that one. Fueled my little baby angst loving heart lol
I really love experiencing media via getting told about it by someone who likes it. So this is just. very good! thanks
Ahhhh the graphic novels were originally publihed in the disney fairies magazine, yes! i had one of two issues of the magazine and i was head over heels in love with the art style and fascinated with the character design, espeically the fairies that didnt show up in the movie!
Thank you for all this Disney fairy lore and love!! Insanely nostalgic for these books. I remember the food was always described very well? And I 100% also pronounced it Rainy not Rani
I had some of the audio books as a kid and that's how I knew how to pronounce Rani's name. I even got into an argument with my friend at the time about it lol
Girl you are bringing so much of my childhood back to life. Please do more!
Grew up with the Italian comics so hearing these dark stories from Gail Carson Lavine is so cool
thank you, now instead of speaking about extended pixie hollow lore for hours at my guests praying they will listen, I can just send them this
I had some of the magazines. They have the energy of the books just in comic style and there are extras like infos about the fairy world or some fairies, and some activities
I loveedd the magazines, i had a small colleciton that came out in brazil, the magazine had letters from readers, fan art, there was a poster in each one, quizzes, there was this whole guide to how to make your own fairy diary and each issue came with more pages for it, and also awful recipes, i remember trying so hard to make their fortune cookie recipe and it was always awful. If you can find them somehow id love to see. A video on them!
1:07:04 those graphic novels were extremely popular in europe this is how i first got introduced to this franchise they were EVERYWHERE
I only ever read one of the books despite being obsessed with the movies as a kid. It was Rani and the Mermaid Lagoon in which Rani is dealing with basically being disabled. I had no context for it but I just remember really relating to her feeling separate from all the other fairies and lonely and not fitting in and all that. I actually didn’t remember the ending, just her struggling to find anyone who would make an effort to include her by accommodating her disability, her feeling like the mermaids don’t actually care about her or want to be her friend, them just liking the novelty of her almost, and how much that resonated with me as a kid. I was later diagnosed with a couple of disabilities and now, looking back on this book, I realize it was kind of the only time I’d ever seen my experience reflected in a book. It was very good at capturing that feeling of trying to find people that will accept you and struggling with the fact that you can’t just be like everyone else, even if you try to. Anyway shoutout to the Disney Fairies chapter books for including disability representation
28:15 this fantasy is definitely why the rainbow magic fairy books were so popular. like im friends with the fairies and i Also get to Be a fairy whenever i want?! literal best case scenario
Absolutely loved everything about this video! I binged both fairy videos and have loved all of the happy fairy feelings they have reminded me of. and yes, Ranni for sure was pronounced Rainee in my head. The mermaid lagoon was the first disney fairy book i read and i distinctly remember wanting a house that was illuminated by those glowing pearls(?). They just seemed so magical. And the ART Ugh, thank you for letting us fly along with you on this journey hehe💕
for the longest time i had never heard rani’s name said out loud and as a kid i always read it in my head as “ran-eye”
i’m so happy i found this video!! i was just thinking about these books because i was looking at all the beautiful art from them and i remember i used to love the books but i couldn’t remember what happened in them
Why is Rani always falling into body horror?
Wing decapitation, bat transfiguration and psychological bat split, and I'm not even on the third book yet
You are now one of my favorite niche media channels alongside izzzyzzz, sarah z, li speaks, mona ray, sailor guardian hope, and hazel. I wish youtube would come back with that playlist/folder feature for channels so I could group them all toghether!! (CZcams please bring back this feature!!! I had *dozens* of folders that were really helpful with my watch expirience)
omg the nostalgia of this and the memories coming back to me of loving all these books as a kid.
I ALSO THOUGHT HER NAME WAS RAINI!!! I was so convinced 💀
Thank you for this video I was obsessed with these as a kid
Thanks for explaining more about these books and art for me, it fulfills the wishes of my inner child
the interview is a great find, great video
disney fairies actually has 26 books. and sadly the last book is too hard to find, because of racism i suppose
Yeah I feel like the non white fairies are very sidelined. It’s very lame, especially because allegedly the Disney fairies brand was created to be more diverse than disneys existing characters. I feel like they should have committed to that more
I love your tone and how you explain!!! So awesome ❤😊
This video was so much fun! I love all the lore from these books. Wish the movies were this good as well.
Omg I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who pronounced “Rani” as “Rainy” I feel so validated.
about the magazines i think they were released in different countries, i’m from mexico and i have a few of them, they’re so cute, they have different sections like comics, tests, horoscopes, and there’s a section that shows the rooms of the characters, i’ve realised that some of the illustrations from the first books are included on it. the characters from the books appears more on the magazine.
thank you so much for your video, i’m not able to read the books, but you gave me so much information about them, i hope i can find them💗💗
So funny you posted this! I've recently been doing the same thing myself, rereading all of these books! I unfortuantely gave all my chapter books away as a kid, but I was able to find pdf copies online which was great!
Omg I gave away so many books as a kid that I regret now! And I did find pdfs of all the books but not until I was halfway done editing and I already scanned in all my books, I was so annoyed haha
@@sarah_serif I would've been annoyed too i feel you haha!
I was so obsessed with these books! Mainly cause of the beautiful artwork in them 💖💖
Please! I can't wait for the next video. I am dying for more tinker bell content!!
Ok but why are athe illustrations so gorgeous
Actually in elementary school I remember making a book with my friend based off of Disney fairies and it was amazing.
The watercolor art in these books was well and truly unrivaled!!
thanks for putting all the images its definetly keeping me to watch this video instead of just leaving the audio and continue writing
omg this video made me EXTREMELY HAPPY ! I have a vivid memory of reading these books and I wanted to purchase them but just could not find somehow, but so glad this video was made it fills me with so much joy
My entire world is imploding because I also called her “rainy.” I swear on my life her name was also spelt like “Raini” which is why I pronounced it that way. Did I just make that up my entire life?
Oh my god I’m SO glad I found your channel! I legitimately just last night thought “wow it’s really sad that I’ve never seen any Disney Fairies BOOKS content on youtube” and then today I find this video! I’m so jazzed to watch it.
I love these videos and I just love how you speak Sarah! I feel like I'm back in primary school and listening to the librarian read us stories!! its so soothing and engaging!! Great videos!!
This brought back some memories. I had a craft set that was about taking flowers and plants and making them into clothes for fairies. I totally loved that Tinkerbell themed set, I'm so glad that I remembered that it existed.
The nostalgia is so real!!! Perfect timing that this video popped up for me right after I picked up a couple of the chapter books from a used bookstore :)) also I pronounced Rani's name as ran-ee rhymes with Annie
Glad to know I went 10 years thinking Rani was pronounced rainy
I read the italian magazine as it came out. It was fantastic! Most of the Comics were based on the books. The very first issue being about Prilla's arrival. But I also vividly remember Rani's story and mother bird. There were non book based stories too, but best of all were the illustrations of the fairies' homes as in the coffee table book you showed. They were even annotated to explain the significance of things for each fairy. The art style was super cute and it came with little gifts.
I also pronounced her name Rain-i this thole time!
This is such a huge comfort series for me, especially the Fairy Haven series. Theyre so near and dear to my heart
I absolutely love your channel, both your Disney Fairies video and American Girl video brought back such an important part of my childhood that I forgot about. You also reminded me how much I loved Rani as a kid, she was someone I could really relate to (and I just had a huge crush on her, lmao). I always loved the art style as well, it was such an important thing to me.
I can't wait for more of your videos!!
I just want to say I found your channel a while ago, remembering this I came back to watch this and it's such a wonderful video .
I never personally got to read these growing up but I think I may have loved them if I did.
It's interesting having adult money sometimes to go back and explore "kids media" like monster high which feels like a kids to preteens demo
But you still have people like me and others who still enjoy it.
I love this content so much. Thank you for the blessing
i've just watched all of her videos, YOU ARE SOOO MY FAV CZcamsR
this is the best video i’ve ever watched thank you
I definitely read these books and this video awakened some deeply buried memories so thank you for it
i always loved the art style of the books, they were absolutely gorgeous. rani and fira were my favs. so imagine my immense disappointment with the style they chose for the movies and the change of characters. grown ass adult and still annoyed they gave all the fairies tinker bell wings instead of keeping their unique ones from the books.
I always figured the books are written with fae logic/a metaphor for neurodivergence. All of the fairies' talents are their special interests. Those who don't have one are "incomplete," and to the Fairies, it's considered very odd to not have a single purpose in life. ❤
I recently picked up all the books. I did not read them as a child (I read the first one when it came out when I was in high school), I have no excuses. I just like fairies!
been falling asleep to this video to have cool dreams about fairies
1:04:59 try taking a plastic bit from packaging and coloring it with a green highlighter or a green pen of some sort (maybe a sharpie?) and it’ll work pretty much the same (probably, this is untested)
I absolutely loved this video ❤ I also pronounced Rani as Rainy as a child. Also, had many of the books including the hidden world of fairies. I’m wondering where you got the fairy homes book … I’ve been searching the internet high and low for months trying to find a like new copy. I don’t trust the sellers that don’t have pictures of the actual book and it’s condition 😖 I learned that the hard way. This was a phenomenal video, I adored it! Great job ❤ so excited for more videos about the fairies!
I used to loooovvveeeee the art for these book!!!