Flower Fairies of the Trees [ハードカバー]

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 Spring we meet twenty charming fairies including the Bluebell Fairy, the Daffodil Fairy and the Primrose Fairy. Each fairy encourages us to look at nature and learn to appreciate the true beauty and wonder of the ordinary world around us.

Frederick Warne is pleased to announce brand-new editions of the 8 classic Flower Fairies titles, with all of Barker's original artwork and poetry included. These works offer a nostalgic look into the Romantic Age, each illustration suggesting that beyond the natural world so truthfully depicted in Barker's paintings there might co-exist another, just barely visible, world of the fairies.

These four titles (Flower Fairies of the Trees, Flower Fairies of the Garden, Flower Fairies of the Wayside, and A Flower Fairy Alphabet) complete the original collection of Barker's Flower Fairies books. Each book features Barker's poems and full-color illustrations of at least 19 different Flower Fairies.

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.