Despite what my friends and colleagues might say I am older than the target audience for this DVD. That said the video was delightful.

            Tink (Mae Whitman) is a tinker fairy. She makes devices to help others do their jobs and chores easier and with less errors. Her best friend is Terrence (Jessie McCartney) a dust fairy (they make sure all the fairies have their allotment of pixie dust [“one cup, no more no less”]).

            One day Queen Clarion (Anjelica Huston) sends for Tink, she wants her to craft a new harvest scepter before the blue harvest moon. The scepter is important because it creates blue pixie dust, this is necessary to rejuvenate the tree that provides the dust for all the fairies. The scepter of topped by the rarest of gems the Blue Moonstone.

            Tink begins to work and Terrence helps her. You see her slowly losing her temper with Terrence’s constant help and obsession with tidyness. She finally snaps and sends him away after his latest acquisition for her damages the almost finished scepter. After he leaves she kicks the offending object and it promptly crushes the moonstone.

            She decides to find a missing mirror with a wish to restore the stone. She tries to request more pixie dust but is refused. She sets off in a balloon type device and goes in search of the lost treasure.

            The tale is typical Disney fare, determined heroine, cute animal companion, revelation about real problems, friendship winning in the end. But it is delivered in a very entertaining method and you enjoy the trip.

            Since this was watched in a theater I cannot comment on the extras but typically Disney delivers, especially when the feature is this wonderful. I recommend buying this if you have girls from three to thirteen on your list. Older may like it too.

            Four and a half stars out of five

Bob LaPierre