Orchard Books helped children's charity "Rays of Sunshine" to grant their 2000 wish to 8 year old Amy from Bexhill-on-Sea when she realised her dream to publish her own Hospital Fairy book - Mimi the X-Ray Fairy
The talented 8 year old, became acutely and suddenly ill in March this year. During her time in hospital, writing became Amy's therapy and her greatest wish was to write a hospital fairy version of her favourite book series, Rainbow Magic to hand out to the other children at The Evelina Hospital in London where she was treated. Orchard Books were delighted to help grant such a special wish and Amy worked with the author and designers of the Rainbow Fairies series, who made sure she kept full creative control.
On Sunday September 11th Amy, her brother Jack, mum and nana arrived in London and spent a night at The Millennium Mayfair. The following morning a limousine drove them to the Orchard offices where they were welcomed by The Rainbow Fairy team. The family were given a tour of the offices and introduced to all the members of the team including the writers and illustrators. They were then taken into the boardroom for a colourful breakfast, which included a glorious rainbow cake. The budding author was open mouthed as she was presented with her very own book. Amy and her brother were treated to lots of other goodies including original Rainbow Fairy illustrations and boxed sets of other Rainbow Fairy books. The limousine then took the family onto lunch at the Rainforest Cafe before Amy's last stop, The Evelina Children's Hospital where she visited the children on the wards and handed out copies of her book.
After the wish Amy's mum said: "Thank you for the most fantastic day, Amy still has a huge grin on her face and can't wait to get to school to tell everyone about it".
Watch the video of Amy's amazing day at http://raysofsunshine.isebox.net/our-2000th-wish/rays-of-sunshine-grants-2000th-wish/
