The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies
by Cicely Mary Barker
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Author: Cicely Mary BarkerBrand: Warne
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-14
ISBN: 0723248397
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Warne
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Book Review: The Joy of Fairies
Summary: 4 Stars
Cicely Mary Barker's eight little flower fairies books were published between 1923 and 1985 making her a household name, especially in Great Britain. Published at the height of the "fairy mania" that swept England during the early decades of the 20th Century, they captured in sweetly beautiful images and verse the wonder that many people felt about these elusive mythical creatures. Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) was predominately a self taught artist who during her lifetime suffered from ill health and physical fragility, thus she escaped into the world of the imagination and make believe. Her unselfconscious, delicate and jewel like watercolors were strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, fellow women illustrator Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) and her love of England's many stately gardens.
Her inspiration for the flower fairies also came from the lush English countryside; and observing young children at her local village kindergarten, where her sister worked as a teacher. Her fairies are delicately and truthfully observed depictions of these young children in naturalistic poses and postures, standing on or clinging to botanically correct and delicately rendered flowers. Being no bigger than 20cm tall they live and sleep in their birth flower taking care of their respective tree or plant, and as their tree or plant grows so they grow in wisdom and power too. Fairies were most popular in the high Victorian and the Edwardian ages but they continued to hold sway over the imaginations of countless children (primarily girls) up into the early modern era... and beyond. This wondrously enchanting volume is a comprehensive collection of all eight flower fairies books including: flower fairies of the spring, summer, autumn and winter and the flower fairies of the alphabet, trees, garden and wayside. As some of the most timeless depictions of the world of faery Cicely Mary Barker captured the innocence and naivety of childhood in exquisitely rendered illustrations and delightfully simple verse. While some of us may now see these fairies as "safe" and "tame" depictions of the primal and elemental forces of nature, in my mind they capture the spirit of a more genteel bygone era when peoples cultural mores and values were just plain different to ours, if not in some ways better. As such her little fairies lack the cynicism, artificiality and worldliness of the modern age and will continue to hold sway over the minds of generations of fairy lovers to come, and will bring out the child within in anyone willing to let their imaginations run free.
Summary of The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies
Enjoy the classic, complete collection of Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books in this brand-new edition. This collector's favorite has been redesigned and now features a lavish, eye-catching jacket with silver foil. The interior still includes all of the well-loved illustrations and poems from Barker's eight original books, as well as a selection of fairy rhymes.
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