I received a Flower Fairies calendar when I was young and saved all of the art from it, because I loved it so much. I was ecstatic when I found this book, which is a compilation of many smaller books that Cicely Barker created. Barker was a Victorian age artist and poet. Reading this was an absolutely magical experience. I wonder whether fairies really did exist before Ms. Baker brought them to life through her imagination. She is an amazing artist, poet, botanist, and obviously a nature lover.

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Flower Fairies are illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, created during the first half of the 20th century. Adult Colouring Books: An Enchanted World (colouring for adults, adult colouring books stress relieving patterns, adult colouring books flowers, colouring books fairies)

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COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITION BOOKS BY CICELY M. BARKER : THE BOOK OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES, FAIRIES OF THE FLOWERS & TREES & A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET The connection of seeing and then writing what I see is a art form not often done or done well, but Cicely Mary Barker did it with absolute perfection! urn:lcp:completebookoffl00bark:lcpdf:424728aa-de84-4233-9c4f-2118af0875d6 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier completebookoffl00bark Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2s47jn4k Isbn 0723243441

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Flower Fairies are the product of English illustrator Cicely Mary Barker. [1] Unable to go to school as a child because of her epilepsy, she was home-schooled and spent much of her time drawing and painting. Her artwork was influenced by illustrator Kate Greenaway and even more so by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and she developed her talent as a member of the Croydon Art Society. Her flower fairy paintings, in particular, were driven by the Victorian popularity of fairies and fairy stories. This book was also another reread, but it felt very much like a new book to me, because it had been so long since I actually read through some of the poems! Before, I could only remember a handful of the poems – eg. Lily-of-the-Valley, Daffodil (my absolute favourite poem!), Mallow – and it turns out this is because the large majority of the poems are actually terrible. I mean, they’re truly awful, with terrible rhyme schemes and structure, and seem like they took about five minutes to write and no-one ever thought to improve them. But having said that, the illustrations (also done by the author) are by far the best and most memorable thing about this book, and the reason it got 4 stars from me on Goodreads despite mostly being utter drivel. Aside from said drivel, my favourite poems were those for the Bird’s-Foot-Trefoil, Michaelmas Daisy, Snapdragon, Fumitory, Gorse, and Pansy fairies. There were also several other memorable poems (for very different reasons though) such as: Traveller’s Joy, which sounds kind of ridiculous when read aloud, but this did elicit a lot of giggles from us; "Toadflax" sounds like a Harry Potter-esque swear word; and the Nightshade Berry fairy is straight up trying to murder children with his berries! The illustrations of Cicely Mary Barker are as delicate and ethereal as you remember from your childhood. The sing song poetry of the fairies, buoyant and light. Each and every pairing unique and without any recollection of repetitiveness. Condition: New. This complete collection of Cicely Mary Barker s Flower Fairies features a brand-new enchanting cover.Perfect for fans of all ages, this wonderful collection includes all the original Flower Fairy poems and illustrations by Cicely Mary Ba.

Since their first publication in 1923, Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world. The botanically accurate drawings in the 170 original illustrations, coupled with the enchanting fairy images based on real children from Cicely’s sister’s nursery school, appeal to our innate sense of magic and wonder. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards with a slight lean. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and creasing - price clipped and one small tape repair. Solid binding. 92pp. Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION thus with new reproductions of Cicely Mary Barker's illustrations.