Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Warne
Manufacturer: Warne
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: October 20, 2005
Publishing house: Warne
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 191870
Studio: Warne
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Do you believe in fairies? Protected and hidden by a society of Fairy lovers for over 80 years the secret fairy journal of Cicely Mary Barker is available for the very first time ever to the public. Learn what really happened during that magical Summer of 1920 when Cicely Mary Barker discovered the secret world of the Flower Fairies.
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I'm 16 years old, and I love this book. I received it for Christmas a few years back and love to take it off the shelf every once in a while. It's a perfect book to take out on a sunny day and read on a warm afternoon, or to curl up in bed at night with a flashlight.
The illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker are SUPERB. This woman had a style of painting that should have become as popular as Beatrix Potter's. This book incorporates her paintings and poems into a story about Cicely Mary Barker and her own encounter with fairies.
Whenever someone saw this book on my shelf or something, they immediately gasped and started looking through it. It really is a beautiful work of art.
ONLY WARNING I have is that the print that the story is written in is a cursive that may be difficult for some people to decipher. :)
Wonderful book!
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Both my 3.5 year-old daughter and I are fans of all things fairy and I have been collecting books on the subject for quite some time. "Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal" is based on a journal kept by Cicely Mary Barker. It is filled with delightful 'treasures' - grey and white photographs, reproductions of vintage postcards, a map of Sussex, lift-the-flap features, a field guide to fairies, letters, little booklets ["A dictionary of fairy trees", "Tales of Grateful and Helpful Fairies"] sprinklings of "fairy dust", and of course the gorgeous illustrations of fairy folk in all their delightful finery.
This book is pure delight from the very first magical page - it enables one to wander amongst the pages, perusing the beautiful artwork as well as the captivating text [though written in a bit hard to decipher cursive text] and the adventure ends with a wonderful surprise at the end of the book!
I found this book to be a great way to cultivate the love of reading and books in my little one - she flips through these pages at least once a day and it's a favorite request for bedtime reading. We also own "How to Find Flower Fairies" which is simply one of the most beautiful pop-up books on fairies based on Cicely Mary Barker's artwork, and also the sequel to Fairyopolis titled "Return to Fairyopolis" which is not my favorite of the series, but would still delight fans. All in all, highly recommended for fans of fairies and Cicely Mary Barker!
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This is wonderful. A real escape! This is my book and I don't allow my grandchildren to play with it.
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Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairie's Journal is magic! I started to browse through the book on a rainy, Sunday afternoon as I sat on my girlfriend's over-stuffed chair, in front of her fireplace, which wasn't lit, because the nip in the air wasn't nippy enough yet. I just turned 60... a time in life when everything makes sense, and nothing makes sense. Why should it? The more I read, the more I was entranced and swallowed up in the story. There were fairies dancing around me everywhere! I became a child with wide-opened eyes and an imagination that I couldn't control. I didn't want to control..... I was having too much fun reading tiny messages, and even feeling the sample of a delicate fairy wing that was tucked into an envelope. Fortunately, my girlfriend left me in quiet illusion to finish the book before she brought me to her garden. We sat quietly and waited. It wasn't long before a twinkle under a leaf, a rustle behind a tree, and soft, lilty giggles let us know that we were not alone. You see, fairies are joyously inquisitive, and if they know that you can see them, they will frollick about and even brush your cheek as they fly by. I also, have gardens with lots of flowers at my house, and a day doesn't pass where I don't primp, keeping the fairy enticement flowing. Yes, I'm 60, and I do believe in fairies! Don't you?
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I think this format with all of the extras, pull-outs, gizmos, and what's-its is here now for good in children's books. The very first one my daughter really got into was the Dragonology book. It didn't even read the storyline when I picked this one out, but I figured that she would like it well enough because of all of the do-dads and gee-gaws inside. As it turned out, the storyline is the same as a DVD we had picked up recently that she watches over and over again, so the book was a major hit with her.
I completely agree that the cursive handwritten is difficult to decipher, but that was something my daughter actually liked about the book. She's been teaching herself calligraphy, so she liked the handwritten text. This is not a storybook to be quickly skimmed through. The author/artists clearly intended for this to be a book that girls would spend time coming back to.
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