Fairies.

Fairies - who knew this alluring word would make bedtime fly so fast? We've always read to C before bed, but nothing has ever gotten her so eager to brush her teeth, pee, and climb under the covers as this new Rainbow Fairy chapter book series. Seven fairy sisters (each a color of the rainbow) have been captured, leaving dazzled protagonist little girls eager to find them. All I can say is thank you Scholastic (and E for introducing us) for making this a whole series, several chapters each - which should be good for a couple months of bedtimes!

Falling in love with reading is such an amazing part of growing up; I so delight in being part of the magic. We should all be so lucky to keep finding enchanted fairies tucked in the recesses of our minds. They are certainly there -- it's losing the desire to discover them that makes for a very tedious, drawn-out, and simply unexciting bedtime.