Flower fairies books

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Flower Fairies When you take a moment to look at the fairies listed as part of Queen Titania's entourage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, one can guess at the ancestry of the Flower Fairies: Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed are nothing if not Flower Fairy names! But the Flower Fairies as we know and love them today really got their chance at literary life under the illustrative pen of Cecily Mary Barker. This lovely young woman suffered from epilepsy which prevented her from going to…

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The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies Cicely Mary Barker ~ Blackie and Son, 1926 I received this guest post from Ireland a while back,...

We look at Cicely Mary Barker's The Flower Fairies illustrations from a new exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey.

Among the harebells and the grass, The grass all feathery with seed, I dream, and see the people pass: They pay me little heed. And yet the children (so I think) In spite of other flowers more dear, Would miss my clusters white and pink, If I should disappear.

Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies.

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Strawberry Flower Fairy Vintage Print c.1940 Cicely Mary Barker, Alphabet Letter S, Book Plate, Nursery Decor, Wall Art, Decoration. This is an original book plate from an early vintage Flower Fairy book printed c.1940. This print is guaranteed to be an early printing and over 60 years old. We do not sell modern copies or later reproductions. The image is approx 4.25 x 2.9 inches on a page 5.5 x 4 inches. This vintage flower fairy print is sold as shown unmounted and without a frame. As…

Since 1923, Flower Fairies have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world.