Flower Fairies of the Autumn Celebration [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover]

Cicely Mary Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2002 | Series: Flower Fairies

Celebrate Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Autumn with this special, new edition. This anniversary edition, with improved reproductions of Barker's detailed, lush illustrations, sketches and botanical notes about each flower, and an introduction with facts about the artist's life and a flower fairies time line, is sure to become a collector's favorite.

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About the Author

Cicely Mary Barker was born in Croydon, South London in 1895 and died in 1973. She found international acclaim as an artist with her delightful Flower Fairies books the first of which, Flower Fairies of the Spring, was printed in 1923. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Warne; De Luxe edition edition (October 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723248400
• ISBN-13: 978-0723248408
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,921,892 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.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Drawings, September 10, 1999

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This review is from: Flower Fairies of the Autumn: With the Nuts and Berries They Bring (Hardcover)

For those who are looking at branching into the world of art. This book is an excellent primer for some of the better quality work which is no longer around today. If you like this time period you can try other illustrators like Trina Schart Hyman, Edward-Burne Jones, or Alphonse Mucha. While all of Barker's artwork is not on this level, this book is and makes enjoyable eye-candy for the artist or artist-at-heart.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My children were intrigued, July 23, 2006

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This review is from: Flower Fairies of the Autumn (Hardcover)

This is a lovely and engaging, child-sized book, and my 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son were both engrossed for an entire reading, I think due equally to the detailed child-fairy characters and the focus on plants and nature. They were also quite pleased to note the garments on the fairies and elves that echo the features of the plants. I love it for the wonderful artwork ~ particularly the fairies that look most like my children :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous artwork and great introduction to poetry, August 1, 2009

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This review is from: Flower Fairies of the Autumn (Hardcover)

The "Flower Fairies" series of books by Cicely Mary Barker are simply enchanting - in "Flower Fairies of the Autumn", the themes of the season and the activity surrounding the season is wonderfully portrayed in each poem by Ms Barker. The illustrations of the various fairies are gorgeous and enchanting - it allows the imagination to wander to another realm filled with fairies, and nature. This series of books is a great way to introduce young children to the beauty of poetry. Highly recommended!