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The World of Flower Fairies

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The book contains reproductions of a collection of Cicely Mary Barker's watercolors of flower fairies. Each watercolor is a picture of a child or two represented as fairies of a particular flower. The flowers are beautifully rendered, and the fairy children are dressed in garments that resemble their own flowers. Each picture is accompanied by a poem. Ms. Barker used the children who attended her sister's kindergarten as models with the result that the children are charmingly drawn but perhaps a trifle too realistically for depictions of fairies. Still, it is a delightful book. Also, see Ms. Barker's Treasury of Flower Fairies for a companion book.

This is a beautiful book with large, beautiful plates on thick glossy paper. Each flower fairy is accompanied by its poem. However, it may not have all of your favorite fairies. For example, it does not have the Lavender Flower Fairy or the Apple Blommom Fairy, two of my favorites. However, it does have 60 flower fairies. I could not wait a minute to own it.

I have How to Find Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker and have given this same book and also Fairyopolis and Return to Fairyopolis to my eleven year old granddaughter. Ms. Barker's drawings of the fairies fascinated me and it naturally lead me to seek a book with larger drawings of the fairy children. I found that in A World of Flower Fairies. Sixty flower fairies are illustrated in color in individual 4 1/2" by 6 1/4" frames or blocks accompanied by a poem on the opposite page. What a delight to see the larger images of the innocent young children as well as the beauty of flowers and foliage in nature. From reading the poem and looking at the accurate depiction of the flower and leaves, you learn something about the plant. From looking at the fairies, you are truly fascinated by the talent of Ms. Barker. I am in awe of the realistic rendering and capturing of the sweetness of children. The faces, arms, legs, and bodies are "perfect." The clothes they are wearing are so befitting and clever and blend in with the flower. The wings are almost indescribable for their shape, color, and form. This is a very beautiful book, just like the previously mentioned Barker books. The book is smaller though measuring 7 1/2" by 10," however the fairies are much larger. If you want to see larger fairies in detail, then this is a good book to get.