The Fairy Necklaces (Flower Fairies) [Hardcover]

Cicely Mary Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1992 | Series: Flower Fairies

When Jenny wishes she had a different necklace for every day of the year, the fairies decide to satisfy her desire.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Warne (August 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723240000
• ISBN-13: 978-0723240006
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #936,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cicely Mary Barker was born in 1895 in Croydon, South London, and spent most of her life there. Because of ill-health she was educated at home and largely taught herself to draw and paint, encouraged by a supportive family and assisted by membership of the Croydon Art Society. She was only sixteen when she had her first work accepted for publication as a set of postcards, and from that time she devoted her career to painting. It was her Flower Fairies books that brought Cicely Mary Barker her greatest popular acclaim. Like the Pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so much admired, she believed in recreating the beauty of nature in art and in drawing from life. Her plants and flowers were observed with complete botanical accuracy and in the fairies themselves she captured perfectly the unselfconscious grace of children, whom she used to sketch in her sister's school.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this enchanting story and the illustrations., April 5, 1999

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This review is from: The Fairy Necklaces (Flower Fairies) (Hardcover)

I first read this book to my little girl in 1975. She was four. The prose is a little lengthy but the illustrations and the story make it worth the the effort. The book was in our public library and was terribly tattered and worn. We loved the magical drawings and the wonderful little story where being good and working hard is rewarded. And since I believe in fairies, I was delighted to find this little book to share with my daughter. But, it wasn't until five years ago that I was able to find this book and order it from a bookstore. Since then, I have purchased many copies of this book and others by Cicely Mary Barker. She was truly an incredible artist and her drawings will delight children of all ages!

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so excited, March 13, 2008

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zgirl (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fairy Necklaces (Flower Fairies) (Hardcover)

I have a very old, somewhat tattered, copy of this book, under it's first title, "Groundsel and Necklaces". I've had it since I was a little girl in the fifties, and I still love to read it, and have read it to my daughters. It's such a lovely story, and the illustrations are fabulous. I'm really excited to learn that it has been reissued, and I can buy it for the children of friends and relatives. I've always been afraid my book will fall apart, but now I know I can find it again!