Piper Green and the Fairy Tree

Ellen Potter

Dec 2015 · Live Oak Media · Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

About this audiobook

Meet Piper - a sassy seven-year-old who lives on an island in Maine and takes a lobster boat to school every day! Upset because her older brother has left Peek-a-Boo Island, Piper's refusal to take off his old earmuffs is creating problems for her at home and school. Then, Piper discovers the Fairy Tree - when she reaches into the hollow of the tree she finds a mysterious gift that sparks a new adventure. This is the first in a three-book beginning reader series about a spirited young girl and her encounters with the various characters who inhabit her fascinating island home.

Ratings and reviews

Island Life & Missing a Family Member Audiobook Review: I was surprised at how enchanted I was by this book. First, I really enjoyed the narrator. She sounded very childlike herself but was able to give both the adult and child characters different and appropriate voices. Second, I thought the setting was great because it was so unusual. Piper lives on a remote island with her family—except her older brother who has newly had to go to the mainland for school—and the author does a superb job showing how life is very different in such a place. The book is just a sliver of life, the first days of the new school year. Piper is expecting it to go well, but she clashes with the new teacher on several fronts, the main one because she does not want to give up wearing her older brother's earmuffs, even at school. I found it sweet and touching that she wanted to keep that little piece of her brother with her always, even though it appeared they had the typical sibling squabbles. As an audiobook, this is a relatively quick listen, under an hour, but it feeds the imagination as it takes you to an unusual place, depicting a life that few live, but shows struggles relatable and understandable by kids anywhere. I received a free copy of this audiobook, but that did not affect my review.