Emma and the Blue Genie

First copy was blurry, contacted seller and they replaced the book quickly. Great customer service and my granddaughter enjoyed the book!

Our grandson liked this book!

My second grader loved all the adventure in it. She recommends it to all.

purchased for a gift for a third grader and she loves it.

My granddaughter loves this book

Wonderful story and great seller.

Ever since "Inkheart", I've been partial Cornelia Funke. I haven't read every children's book that she has written but I've read enough to say that I enjoy them when I have the chance. With "Emma and the Blue Genie", my feelings remain the same. Emma is a girl with 4 brothers who are brave in the day but scared of the night and at least one brother will visit in the night because he is scared of the night sounds especially the sounds that sea makes and ends up keeping her awake with their snoring because she loves the sound of the sea. So at night, she escapes to the sea with her trusty pooch, Tristan. One evening, a bottle floats to shore and of course, there is a genie inside. A blue genie who isn't very big named Karim and upon questioning of his unexpectedly small size, he tells Emma of how his nose ring was stolen by the master of Evil, the yellow genie named Sahim which of course is someone who must be vanquished so off Emma goes with Karim and Tristan to the genie's homeland. It is a night of adventure and wonders. Funke keeps the prose simple, charming and wholly appropriate for the ages of the intended audience.. The artwork by Kerstin Meyer is lovely and compliments Funke's story perfectly. If I had a mild complaint it is that the end comes too abruptly but maybe that means that there will be another story to come.

My daughter and I read this book together as our nightly read. We both enjoyed the story and the pictures/illustrations. It’s filled with action, unexpected events, is dramatic, entertaining, and shows how friends of different sizes, shapes, and colors can be loyal, helpful, and caring towards one another. It has wonderful, colorful pages that depict the lovely, make believe story inside. It is an easy read yet it has some nice vocabulary words that led my 4th grader to the dictionary for definitions. The story begins with Emma (a human girl) the main character, sneaking out of her house in the middle of the night, and heading to the beach where she finds a bottle containing a blue, small, genie. Emma and her little dog, Tristan end up traveling on a magic carpet with the small genie, Karim to his “land” to try and get his magic and power back from the evil yellow genie. What they encounter is a yellow genie who has taken over the land entirely. Together, Emma, Tristan (her dog) and Karim manage to get Karim’s magic back and defeat the yellow genie. Int the end, Karim gives Emma her 3 wishes yet she can only think of one wish for herself. Karim ends up giving her a special gift in the end to thank her, that will keep her happy, pretty much forever! Note:Some parents may not like that the main character leaves her house in the middle of the night, by herself...but it is obviously a fictional story. This seems more like a 2nd -4th grade book to me.