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Claressa Swensen had worked in the childcare industry for 6 years before writing her first book. Her love of children inspired her to write her first children's book. Today, she is the author of multiple picture books including Dino Dino Doing Homework, Teensy The Littlest Fairy, and Nap Time With Harry. She resides in Utah County with her family, and plans to produce many more stories.
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Teensy the Littlest Fairy by Claressa Swensen is about Teensy who is the smallest fairy at Shimmery Forest. She wants to grow and become big so that the other fairies in the forest will notice her. She does not know how to become big. Then Carry the Caterpillar crawls into Teensy’s tree. Carry the Caterpillar notices that Teensy is sad and she tells Carry the reason for her sadness. She listens to Carry the Caterpillar’s advice to eat vegetables and slowly sees the changes in her size. The more vegetables she ate, the more she grew. Fairies and butterflies do not bump into her anymore and Teensy is a happy fairy.
The story is delightful and it encourages children to eat healthily and include vegetables in their diet so that they grow bigger and healthier. Apart from eating vegetables, what I liked about the story is how it gives a bit of information on how some of the vegetables taste so children can decide what they want to eat. The illustrations are adorable and children will fall in love with Teensy the Fairy and Carry the Caterpillar. It is a good bedtime storybook and is an excellent tool for parents to make their children understand the importance of eating vegetables. I like the concept and the author’s idea of getting the message of eating healthily across to young readers. Children will be fascinated by the drawings of fairies, butterflies, and the caterpillar and they add to the magical feel of the story.
