Flower Fairies of the Wayside [Hardcover]

Cicely Mary Barker (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Flower Fairies

First published in the 1920s, the "Flower Fairy" books by Cicely Mary Barker have delighted generations of children with their exquisite illustrations and engaging poems. In "Flower Fairies of the Wayside" we meet no less than nineteen fairies, who encourage us to look at nature and learn to appreciate the true beauty and wonder of the 'ordinary' world around us.

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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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 56 pages
• Publisher: Warne (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723248303
• ISBN-13: 978-0723248309
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,267,143 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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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flower Fairies of the Wayside: Poems and Pictures, March 30, 2000

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

This is a beautifully illustrated book of fairies andtheflowers that they represent. The watercolors are detailed, andbotanically correct, and the inerpretation of the fairies is a creative and unique way of getting people of all ages interested in flowers and gardening.

This book focuses on flowers that other artists may have chosen to ignore due to their smallness in size and commonplace status in the flower world. This book is particularly pleasing because many of these particular flowers can be found in the backyard or city park.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting!, August 1, 2009

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This review is from: Flower Fairies of the Wayside (R/I) (Hardcover)

I actually got the entire series of the Flower Fairies books for my preschooler who loves fairies and is a great fan of the pop-up books inspired by Cicely Mary Barker's fairies' illustrations. These books of poetry and illustrations are quite small, perfect for little hands and even for older readers who would like to escape everyday reality and just linger in another realm, filled with the wonder of nature and magical beings. The illustrations are very detailed, capturing the beauty of the various fairies as well as the plants depicted. Highly recommended!