By Cicely Mary Barker
(New, Astrology, Nonfiction, New-Age, Esoteric)
Published by Frederick Warne, 1998
Condition - Very Good
Large Hardcover with dust-jacket, 128 pages
Genre - Art, Collectable, Fantasy, Fae, Folklore & Mythology
★★★★☆
The Secret World of the Flower Fairies
Can you keep a secret?
Few people have seen them, but bustling, magical communities of Flower Fairies dwell in gardens, meadows and waysides everywhere.
This charming book will tell you everything that you ever wanted to know about fairy life-from their foods and festivals, to their homes and habits. Featuring Cicely Mary Barker's delightful artwork, this lavishly illustrated book offers readers a fascinating peek inside the intricate realm of the Flower Fairies. The Secret World of the Flower Fairies is guaranteed to have you searching for fairy circles on moonlit nights.
Prepare to be spellbound!
Illustrator Cicely Mary Barker was born in Croydon, England in 1895. As a child she spent much of her time drawing and painting, and her father enrolled her in art courses at the age of 13. She sold her first work two years later to a stationery printer. Barker was elected a life member of Croydon Art Society a year after that. She is most famous for her Flower Fairy series of books and was greatly influenced artistically by Kate Greenaway and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Barker used real-life models for her paintings, created only botanically accurate flowers, and worked primarily in watercolor with pen and ink.