Fritz, a master at creating terrible messes, meets his match when his science project goes wrong and the Mess Fairy emerges. ( )

This charming children's literature is a magical work of fantasy that young readers will love. The story follows Fritz, a messy badger who is good at causing trouble. His parents and sister have almost had enough of his careless messiness until one night Fritz concocts a magical science experiment that births a mess fairy! She only makes matters worse as she brings disaster to the entire house while Fritz's family is sleeping. But Fritz finds a way to get rid of the genie, and decides to clean up the house. He feels very proud of himself when he finishes, and then decides to cook breakfast for his whole family! But guess what happens to the kitchen during his cooking adventure? This story has a lot of new vocabulary for young readers, and is a little more advanced.

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This is a fictional story with watercolored illustrations. The conent of this book is about a young skunk who has the hardest time keeping things neat. The boy's room is a terrible mess. One night a science experiment gone wrong summons the Mess Fairy and Fritz has to do everything he can to get the fairy to leave his house alone. That night, he cleans the whole house and makes breakfast in bed for his family. He is so proud of himself, but forgets to clean up the mess he left behind from breakfast. The reading level of this book is from second to fourth grade. Some curricular connections for this book are fairies, science experiments, cleanliness, orderliness, and fantasy.