Cicely Mary Barker

Illustrated poems depict the fairies who live among the spring flowers.

Cicely Mary Barker is an English artist and author best known for her beautiful "Flower Fairies" series of illustrated books. Barker, born in 1895, trained at the Croydon School of Art starting at age 13 and began her professional career drawing and painting for greeting cards and children's magazines. A gifted artist in watercolors, oils, pastels, as well as pen and ink, Barker was, inspired by the popularity of fairies in the early twentieth-century...

Twenty-four illustrated poems depict the fairies who live in thegarden among the crocuses, snapdragons, and other flowers.

The author has illustrated her own poems featuring fairies and flowers and the summer.

A collection of illustrated poems describing a variety of flowering trees.

Illustrated poems depict the fairies who live among the spring flowers.

Twenty illustrated poems depict the fairies who live in the garden among the crocuses, snapdragons, and other flowers.

A collection of the author's flower fairy illustrations and poems celebrating fairies and flowers.

"What wonders hide behind the fairy doors? Open them to discover the magical world of Fairyopolis where the fairies play and laugh. But you must be quick because some of the fairies don't wish to be seen just yet!"--Page [4] of cover. Includes sliding and lift-the-flap doors and pop-ups.