Herb Fairies

[sweetpeas]

Disclaimer: I got this the first year it was made available, I don't know if it's the same for new members, but here's what I have/use:

I didn't print the books, my kids prefer read alouds anyway, and it includes mp3 files of the author reading the stories, so we mainly used those.

So for the first book here's what I print per child (well, for the big girls, Lina's not reading/writing, so I just print a coloring page for her):

Journal - 3 pages, first page is a color picture of the herb, others are mostly just space to write/draw so not much ink on those 2 pages.

Coloring page - there IS a "poster" that's a color picture, but I don't print that, so it's just one coloring page.

Recipes - there are 6 pages (1 recipe per pg), I usually don't print these, we just use them on the iPad.

Herbal Roots Zine - 20 pgs but I pick and choose the page I print, I probably end up printing about half of it.

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Originally Posted by MrsDuck

This looks awesome. I think I'll wait until ds2 is a little older, though, so they both get something out of it. It sounds like you get access for one year, right? I'd also love to know about having the books printed if anyone knows. Now how to remember this for next year or the year after....

It might have changed, when I got it (2 yrs ago), it was lifetime access. Even if it's not, it's all .pdfs and .mp3s so you could save it all off onto your hard drive to continue using it after the year.

[HomeyT]

this looks amazing!!! i wish i had more time to decide. i just decided not to spend anything but i'm feeling like i'm missing out on this.

how do you find the writing?? is it quality??

[sprout]

so,you don't get actual books then?

[tigerlily]

Originally Posted by HomeyT

this looks amazing!!! i wish i had more time to decide. i just decided not to spend anything but i'm feeling like i'm missing out on this.

how do you find the writing?? is it quality??

Haven't ordered or read it yet, but several of the reviews seem positive about the writing. The fact that several people said their boys enjoyed them seems impressive to me.

Originally Posted by sprout

so,you don't get actual books then?

No. But you can read them on your computer, kindle, phone, or tablet. Or print them out and make an actual book.

[sweetpeas]

Originally Posted by HomeyT

this looks amazing!!! i wish i had more time to decide. i just decided not to spend anything but i'm feeling like i'm missing out on this.

how do you find the writing?? is it quality??

We listened to the audio version, which I think I'm probably less picky/critical of than if I were actually reading it, but I didn't have any issues with it. They're fun, kids' stories that manage to teach a TON about the herbs woven into a story.

Originally Posted by sprout

so,you don't get actual books then?

You get a .pdf, ,mobi (Kindle) and (drawing a blank, but whatever nook, etc uses), and an .mp3 file of the author reading the book. The site also lists a "new option" to have books printed at cost, but I have no idea what that cost is, or what kind of quality the books are.

[HomeyT]

i bought it…there's a 30 day money back….so…

i've got 2 blossoming readers…so i hope with the mp3s this will work well for us right now. thanks for the info ladies! excited to get started…and it'll be a nice little add on to the little easter treats we got the girls.

[tigerlily]

I decided to go ahead and get it, too. It sounds nice, and I'm going to write the 30 day deadline on the calendar, so I can return it if need be.

[sprout]

we also just got it as well! Looks to be a lot of fun!

I also ordered the book...it was 7 dollars or 7.50, I cannot remember which. I will let you know about the quality when I get it.

[Codi]

I love the idea of it! We might try next year.

Excited to see what everyone thinks!

[staceylayne]

Subbing for feedback after y'all get started this year. Might be a good fit for us in a year or so.

[SillyMommy]

I joined the HF fb group but I was wondering if y'all wanted to start one since we kinda "know" each other - or maybe we could have a monthly HF thread here to all share what we're doing?

[pirandellian]

I convinced DH to get us signed up! I'm super excited. I've always wanted to learn more about herbs and using them and I think this will be a nice, slow introduction!

[Soliloquy]

We missed the sign-up (I wonder why it's so limited? ) but for anyone who likes games, Wildcraft is a cooperative board game that would go perfectly with this.

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[sweetpeas]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

We missed the sign-up (I wonder why it's so limited? ) but for anyone who likes games, Wildcraft is a cooperative board game that would go perfectly with this.

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I think one reason it's limited is because the books are written to be very season specific, but they're also a continued story, so it only "works" to start reading the series in the spring. I would guess it's also something of a "marketing ploy" . . . because it's only available for a few days, people are more likely to impulse buy it for fear of missing it, kwim?

And yes, Wildcraft goes PERFECTLY with it, it's from the same company We had Wildcraft for a year or two before we got Herb Fairies and it was great, because my one complaint with Wildcraft is it didn't give me enough information about HOW to use the various herbs, Herb Fairies adds that piece, at least for the herbs that are included in it

[milkdud]

We also love Wildcraft.