Flower Fairies of the Winter: Poems and Pictures - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0911745939 ISBN 13: 9780911745931

Synopsis

For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original Flower Fairies Books™ are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers' connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages and endpapers, reset text and printed on a fine quality paper, these new editions make a charming gift for all Flower Fairy enthusiasts.

In a format that has enchanted readers for 90 years, each of Cicely Mary Barker's beautiful illustrations of the fairies of wild and familiar winter flowers is accompanied by a delightful poem. Flower Fairies of the Winter celebrates the end of the natural cycle and introduces children to the season's flowers by making them magical. Winter favourites to be found in Flower Fairies of the Winter include: The Christmas Tree Fairy, The Holly Fairy, The Winter Jasmine Fairy.

The seven other titles in the Flower Fairies series, Flower Fairies of the Spring, Flower Fairies of the Summer, Flower Fairies of the Autumn, Flower Fairies of the Garden, Flower Fairies of the Trees, Flower Fairies of the Wayside and A Flower Fairy Alphabet, are available as single editions or as part of The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies. Also available from Penguin is The Everyday Handbook for Magical Mothers as presented by the Flower Fairies - a handy, pocket-sized book of craft ideas and recipes for mothers who need a touch of magic in their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0911745939
• ISBN 13: 9780911745931
• Binding: Hardcover