Flower Fairies Secret World [Hardcover]

Cicely Mary Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 10, 2003 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Flower Fairies

Can you keep a secret? If there is a plant near you, there is likely to be a fairy looking after it. Few people have ever been lucky enough to see a Flower Fairy, but this book offers a glimpse inside their special world. Learn about the clothing they wear to help them hide from human eyes, clothing made of seed pods, petals, buds and leaves. Meet the different Flower Fairies and learn about their jobs, their actual size, and how they spend their free time. For every child who has ever wondered about the Flower Fairies, here is a special look at a unique, old-fashioned, and magical world.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Warne (February 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723248435
• ISBN-13: 978-0723248439
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,056,012 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 Childhood Complete at Last!, April 13, 2004

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CEM (Wilmington, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flower Fairies Secret World (Hardcover)

First of all, I am thrilled these books and drawings are still available. My sister and I recieved three of the books as gifts when were children and have fought over possession of them ever since. Thank goodness my sister managed to keep the three we had all these years (I am 35 now). I always thought they were just gorgeous little books someone had stumbled upon and we'd never be able to complete our set. I remember staring at the rich and vibrant colors and the charming little fairies for hours as a child. Upon a recent viewing of the books you could even see where I had dog-eared my favorite drawings and poems. I still can't effectively put into words what drew me so deeply to these books, but I can say that even as an adult, they hold every bit as much charm.
God bless the internet as I was able to finally track down the rest of the books. I am also thrilled that all the books are now available in one volume so that my sister and I no longer have to fight over rights to these precious volumes. I have even bought the remaining volumes for her children so that "our" collection will be complete and continue to mesmerize my niece and nephew as they did their mother and auntie sooooo many years ago!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhh the magical hours that pass outside looking for fairies!, August 31, 2005

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N.Y. "climbinutah" (SLC Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flower Fairies Secret World (Hardcover)

My 5 year old daughter can't get enough of this book. She spends so much time looking for the fairies. She loves to smell the lavender in the garden...because that is who washes the flower fairy clothes. don't miss out on this book!! BUY IT! You won't be sorry. IT does so much for your child's imagination.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, September 5, 2006

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cathmom&teacher (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flower Fairies Secret World (Hardcover)

A beautiful book full of the life and magic of faries. If you believe, you have to have this book and if you don't buy it so that you'll know what you are missing. This was a gift for our five year old who has spotted more than her fair share of faries, but I have spent just as much time reading it myself.