By Cicely Mary Barker (Author, Illustrator)
(2nd-Hand, Fairies, Poetry, Rare, Fantasy)
Published by Blackie & Son, No Date - Circa 1940
Condition - Very Good
Small Pictorial Paperback, with 24 Colour Plates, 52 pages
Genre - Poetry, Picture Books, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Fairies, Art, Classics, Nature, Fae, Magic, Rare
★★★★☆
Flower Fairies Of The Trees - Poems And Pictures
The "Flower Fairies" series by Cicely Mary Barker is a classic collection of illustrated poems about tiny fairies associated with specific flowers - Focuses specifically on fairies of trees and other wild plants. According to Google Books, the illustrations are "botanically accurate". May not be as widely accessible as the seasonal books.
Cicely Mary Barker was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies; those ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings. As a child she was influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway, whom she assiduously copied in her formative years. Her principal influence, however, was the artwork of the Pre-Raphaelites.