Books with author J.H Sweet

Dewberry is the fairy gifted with great knowledge and wisdom. Unfortunately, the development of her wisdom has yet to catch up with her immense cache of knowledge. In her constant quest to obtain ever more knowledge, Dewberry uncovers the Legend of Paragon, an ancient ruler, and his three marshals—Exemplar, Criterion, and Apotheosis. Dewberry enlists the aid of her friends, Primrose and Snapdragon, in seeking the Lost Chest of Paragon, rumored to contain a great gift of ancient and powerful knowledge for mankind. When the chest is found, catastrophic consequences occur that no one could have predicted. Fairy magic is nowhere near strong enough to fix the problem caused by the impulsive actions of the knowledge-hungry Dewberry. It appears Mother Nature herself is the only one who can sort out the matter.

When Pumpkinwing and Teasel return home from summer camp, they discover that something terrible has happened to the rest of the fairies. With the exception of Primrose, just back from an out-of-town visit to her grandparents, all of the fairies are acting completely opposite their normal characters. The special gifts that make fairies like little superheroes seem to have disappeared. Cinnabar, with her extraordinary night abilities, is afraid of going out after dark. Harlequin, the Fairy of Jokes, can’t stop crying. Blue, an excellent swimmer, is suddenly afraid of the water. And Dove, the Fairy of Peace, can’t seem to keep from getting into arguments. Even Madam Toad is acting strangely: The fairy leader can’t seem to make a decision. Pumpkinwing, Teasel, and Primrose must work diligently, without any guidance from fairy mentors, to solve the mystery of what has happened. Three brownies also join in the effort to help put things right.

After meeting an unknown brownie in the forest, who is not able to tell her his name, Obsidian and her friends set out to solve the mystery. With help from several other brownies, the fairies journey to Castle Penchaant, where they discover that Obsidian’s mysterious new friend is really a brownie prince, hidden away in secret for his own safety due to an ancient prophecy. Upon learning that the prince is also under a terrible curse, the fairies and brownies set out to try to help him. However, the task proves both dangerous and difficult because Magpie is causing problems again. Having added a bloodstone fairy to her alliance, Magpie is becoming increasingly powerful. And if the rumor is true that the Dark Witch has turned to evil and is now in league with Magpie, how are the fairies going to stop them in order to save the Last Brownie Prince?

In early April, Honeysuckle discovers an enchanted garden in which it is always winter, and where the month of February begins again every six weeks. Winterberry, a fairy who never ages, is forever trapped in the garden. Jack Frost, the Spirit of Winter, cast the icy spell on the February Garden eighty-five years ago to keep Winterberry from ever leaving. Winterberry’s only companions are Hoarfrost and Snowflake—a groundhog and an ermine. With the help of three magical spirits, Honeysuckle tries to convince Jack Frost to lift the spell. In this tale of longing and desire, Honeysuckle learns that letting go is sometimes the best way to hold on, and that only trust and compromise can lead to true happiness for Jack and Winterberry.

Includes Sixteen Books: Blue, the Mermaid, and the Fisherman’s Tale; Aloe and the Spring of Hale, Pumpkinwing and the Week of Opposites, Minnow and Mr. Keen – the Brilliant Troll, Teasel and the Halloween Mysteries, Calliope and the Land of Bliss, Heather and the Basket of Understanding, Honeysuckle and the February Garden, Sandpiper and the Ship of Pools; Brandtii and the Perils of Prima Della, Top Strawberry, and Big-Wag; Ginger and the Purple Ibex, Swan and the Realm of Hollowness, Larkspur and Alyssum Meet Sniggerbly Wiskerfink, Clover and the Flying Turtle, Arabesque and the Return of Clack Palaver, and Thyme and the Magic Dollhouse. Ages 7+

Fern is a very special young lady with a unique outlook on life. She is a gentle soul and tends to view the world through very innocent eyes. When Antipathee, the Spirit of Strife, tries to sabotage all friendship in the world, Madam Toad chooses Fern to lead the mission. While trying to recover the Candle of Friendship to thwart the evil spirit’s plans, Fern’s gullibility and simple perspective actually come in very handy as she struggles to rescue her fellow fairies from peril.

While camping at Bryce Canyon National Park, Meadowsweet and her friends discover a mysterious pool of water that leads them to the underwater city of Zuletas, inhabited by graceful water spirits called selkies. During their visit to Zuletas, which includes the discovery of a magic fountain, the fairies undertake a mission to solve a terrible problem. They embark on a treasure hunt to locate and bring back an unknown magical object. During their travels, they encounter a magical rice measure, a fishing basket that always stays full, and a mythical basudi bird. The underwater journey tests both their patience and persistence before ingenuity and luck finally lead the fairies to the object of their quest. Meadowsweet and the Magic Fountain runs along the same timeline as Berylline and the Tree of Joy and is one of the six crossover adventures of The Fairy Chronicles series.

Joy is magically manufactured from a recipe using ingredients such as September starlight, a pound of sweet pickles, twenty-four phrases of Beethoven’s Für Elise, orange sherbet, the sound of an enchanted millipede tap dancing on a snare drum, and a single berylline hummingbird feather. The Tree of Joy is inhabited by tiny beings called Gledé. These elfin-like creatures are responsible for spreading joy spores around the world. When the Tree of Joy begins to die, the fairies are called upon to investigate. Following clues given to them from a graveyard ghost and a dryad, Berylline and her friends undertake a mission to climb the tree. During their journey, the fairies encounter an enchanted turtle with an unusual smile, a breathtakingly beautiful butterfly tree, and a long-thought-to-be-extinct dandetiger flower. However, even with the discovery of a firebird at the very top of the tree, the fairies come to understand that the missing magical ingredient needed to heal the Tree of Joy lies within them.

While exploring in the woods during spring break, Eglantine and her friends hear strange noises coming from an abandoned manor house. What else can the fairies do but investigate? The crumbling manor holds many mysteries, including doorways to other realms. Upon being drawn into the Land of Daini, also known as the Land of Second Chances, the fairies discover the answer to their mystery when they encounter an extinct laughing owl. The owl explains that people are often sent to Daini to retrieve extinct creatures and other items because the Land of Daini is a place where everything that ever existed on earth still exists. However, when the fairies find an alabaster egg that leads them to a magical accordionist, they are sent on an important mission to retrieve something else from the Land of Second Chances. The fairies also survive an encounter with an evil genie who is almost successful in luring them into the realm of NetherSek, a place where fairy powers and magic won’t work.

What if our strangest dreams, those that couldn’t possibly be true, were the ones that were actually real? Christmas is often a time of dreams and fancy. But this Christmas, the Council of Dream Wizards, who are responsible for providing dreams for the whole world, have lost faith in mankind’s ability to believe in dreams. Two members of the Council are sent on a journey in search of true dreamers. When the Dream Wizards lead Clover and her friends into a bizarre cycle of dreams, the fairies take a fanciful journey of their own and encounter things like a skateboarding pig and a house made entirely of feathers. In order to be released from the puzzling dream loop, the fairies are asked to make a series of difficult choices leading up to a dangerous situation that forces them to trust without reason, believe in themselves, and make a leap of faith to save their lives.

On their Christmas break, Heather and her friends meet an old woman who is responsible for making the Basket of Understanding, which is the source of all understanding on earth. Without the basket, caring and kindness would not exist. But the old woman has to continually work on the basket. If she ever stops, all understanding will be lost to mankind. Similarly, an old man, who is a friend to the old woman, must constantly weave the Blanket of Comfort, which produces security and ease for all creatures of the earth. The fairies must try to find a way for the woman and man to finish their endless tasks. For this purpose, they seek out a matchbox genie. During their adventure, the fairies also discover how sphiloxes, elf fairies of light, are born.