The Folio Society has recently published a box set of these exquisite little volumes as a complete collection. Barker once said, “For many years I had an atmosphere of children about me - I never forgot it.” The fairies themselves were also painted from life - children attending her sister’s nursery school provided a wide variety of innocent little faces. She also apparently made a great study of insects as the fairy wings in her paintings portray detailed copies of many butterflies and other flying insects. Barker’s love of botany renders each delicate depiction an educational work of art as her paintings have been praised through the ages for their botanical accuracy.
Seven more books of flower fairy poetry followed to form a bestselling series in addition to fairies of the four seasons, there are the fairies of the garden, of the trees, of the wayside, and of the alphabet. Each poem describes a fairy belonging to a certain flower accompanied by a whimsical watercolor illustration presented on the opposite page.
But who among us did not enjoy Mother Goose growing up? Somehow this appreciation can become harder to understand with age.Ĭicely Mary Barker published her first book of poetry, Flower Fairies of the Spring, in 1923. I feel that poetry is often the same way - it is rarely read by adults in our modern era when frequently it is too difficult to take the time to pause, contemplate, and soak in verses.
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