The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies

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Summary: The Most Wonderful book of Fairires I have ever found.
Review: Now I'm an adult who ran across the book just a little while ago. I have always loved fairies, but was not really into the horrid interpretations of modern day artiest. This book is so amazing it's unreal! The artwork is so beautiful and delicate. She painted them as beautiful wide-eyed children and adolescents, with absolutely amazing accuracy on the accompanying flowers. The poems for each flower fairy describes the chararistics of the flower with such grace it sends chills up my spine. A WONDERFUL book for parents to read to their children, as well as a great book for adults who want to stay children at heart. I can not express enough the beauty and gentleness of her artwork enough! The book here contains all 8 of the Flower Fairies books as well as story of The Fairy Necklaces and the poems she illustrated for Old Rimes for All Times. You will not be disapointed.

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Summary: Enchanting!
Review: One of the most delightful gifts I have ever rec'd. ! It pulled me right out of my depression and made me dream about the "possibilities" of the wee folk! A VERY happy, light-hearted read. Would be nice for children, but adults who still believe in Peter Pan will adore this book!

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Summary: Good Pictures
Review: Since I can remember I have loved th faerie series and this book is what I wanted most for my birthday. The pictures kept me (and still do) occupide for hours with friends and alone. Me and my friends play a game with it where we open a page and point to the faeries nameing what we think each one is. Here is an examble of what we call the faeries, cute, pretty, and fun. If you have a daughter or if you like faeries, order this book.

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Summary: Very Subtle, Yet Expressive Poetry....
Review: The drawings are delightful, as are the poems that go with each. The drawings are superb renditions and representative of both the symbolic character and physical attributes of each herb. The reading level is age 4-8, but adults may see the subtleties expressed in the poems. The short stories in the back are ones you will want to read to your children or grandchildren.

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Summary: Delightful mixture of realistic accuracy and whimsy.
Review: The drawings are delightful, whimsical, yet realistic depictions of the herbs. The reading level is age 4-8, but adults may see the subtleties expressed in both the poems and drawings associated with each fairy. A deep understanding and appreciation of using herbs and flowers to send messages as defined in the rules of Victorian flower language. Some of them are very subtle-- see if you can read them.

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Summary: Finally! Childhood Completion
Review: There are 6 fairies that never made it into the book: Cat's Ear, Convolvulus, Goose Grass, Scentless Mayweed, Sorrell, and Wild Thyme. Also, some of the images are cropped out of context, grossly enlarged, etc. Nice collection, but if you want pictures to sit and pore over, get the little reproductions of the books.

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Summary: Cropped and missing fairies
Review: There are 6 fairies that never made it into the book: Cat's Ear, Convolvulus, Goose Grass, Scentless Mayweed, Sorrell, and Wild Thyme. Also, some of the images are cropped out of context, grossly enlarged, etc. Nice collection, but if you want pictures to sit and pore over, get the little reproductions of the books.

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Summary: Beautiful! These are fantastic pictures!
Review: These pictures look great enlarged. There is nothing else to say! I can spend hours thumbing through it!

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Summary: From a person who loves fairies
Review: This elegant book is for all fairy lovers everywhere and is a must have for all fairy collecters. Cicely Mary Barker captivates the essence of what most people would consider a fairy. Her beautiful art brings these enchanting creatures to life. This book unlike all the originals is larger to make the images much more desireable. This is definately a must have.

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Summary: almost complete
Review: This is a great book, but I have noticed that it
isn't 100% complete. I suppose there have been
multiple versions of some of the books over the years,
because I know of at least two prints that are not
included in this volume: the Thistle Fairy and the
Cat's-Ear Fairy. I'm pretty sure that the Thistle
Fairy appeared in some version of the Summer book,
but I haven't yet discovered why it was left out
of the later editions or what book the Cat's-Ear
Fairy appeared in. Unfortunately, those two are
some of my favorites.