How to Find Flower Fairies

A Most Enchanting Discovery: A Review of “How to Find Flower Fairies” My dear friends, gather ’round for a tale of literary delight! One finds oneself quite overcome with whimsy after acquiring “How to Find Flower Fairies” by the esteemed Cicely Mary Barker — a hardcover tome so bewitchingly beautiful, it might as well have been plucked straight from a woodland glade by a squirrel in a waistcoat. Now then, I read this sparkling treasure aloud to my trio of four-year-old charges (known locally as The Tiny Tornadoes), and let me tell you — not a creature stirred, not even the dog, as they sat rapt in fairy-fuelled fascination. Eyes wide, mouths agape, and positively thrumming with the anticipation of spotting a gossamer-winged being in our very own back garden (or possibly the potted fern in the loo). The illustrations? Positively exquisite. The hidden flaps and peek-a-boo elements? Oh, the gasps of joy! One child nearly combusted with excitement when she spotted a fairy curled in a foxglove — and the smallest one is now insisting on constructing a fairy village from acorns and glitter. Our afternoon constitutional has transformed into a daily fairy reconnaissance mission, armed with magnifying glasses, daisy crowns, and a great deal of earnest whispering to the undergrowth. Truly, this book has rekindled the art of wonder. I myself have started addressing mushrooms with more respect. Five stars, a thousand twinkles, and a flutter of fairy wings to Miss Barker and her botanical brilliance. Highly recommended for the young, the young-at-heart, and anyone who has ever believed a toadstool might be hiding a secret.

This is the second copy of this book that we've gone through in my family. My mother-in-law bought this as a gift for my baby and from about 18 months onward, my little girl loved this book so much. I had to read it to her every night and of course after six months of her tugging at all the pop up pages, there's wear and tear so I ordered her another one. It's quite literally the most stunning pop up book I have every seen and there are fairies hidden throughout the book - and my little girl hunts for them. It's wonderful interaction for babies and parents. My daughter enjoyed this book from 18months to 3.5 years -- literally her favorite book that I had to bring out every night. TEACHES TO SEARCH: This book has tons of pop up pages (mostely green) - with fairies hidden in different forest settings (tree tops, meadows, flower beds, wayside, forest floor etc). The goal is to help your child look careful for fairies that might be hidden among the leaves. It teaches them to look carefully so that when you say, "can you get X from the refrigerator" from your toddler, they don't say, "I can't find it." even if it's laying right in front of them. This is a great tool for that. TEACHES CAUTIONARY TALE: My daughter loves mushrooms and this book has its fair share of pictures of toadstools so we spent quite a bit of time instructing how toadstools come from the ground and mushrooms come from the refrigerator and how toadstools are yucky. We have so much fun with this book. She'll find a picture of a toadstool and will say, "that's a toadstool, yuck, yuck. weeeeee doooooooon't touch those!" In that shrill little girl voice - it's wonderful. For the longest times when we walked around the neighborbhood, my little girl kept looking for fairies in every bush or little hole in the ground. It's great. So much joy from a child. Get this book - it's quite literally amazing - you won't regret it.

There are five differant, pop-up scenes that show fairies in their native habitats! And each scene is a feast for the eye! "In the tree tops" shows fairy houses are cleverly concealed within the oak tree branches and various fairies dance and play among the acorns and oak leaves! How to spot a tree fairy informs the viewer that acorns, nuts and berries can be rained down on unsuspecting humans by mischevous fairies! So wear a sturdy hat during woodland walks! The Forest Floor has a lovly 3D tree trunk`with various fairies flying about the mushrooms with signs that read, '"Fairy steps are crafted from twigs."'Can you see a trail of fairy dust?"and "A tiny lamp lights the way?" "in the Garden" depicts a beautiful 3D pop-up flower garden complete with a hidden fairy or two! Cicely Barker says,"On summer days, some fairies hang their washing out to dry on the webs of friendly spiders. Look out for glistening petals hanging from webs. "By the Wayside"shows hedgerows as places fairies hide in and are you looking at a butterfly or a fairy? You never know? Fairies and butterflys intermingle so you're always on the alert! Finnaly, "The Marsh" shows the fairy king and queen hidden in the marsh reeds! And one fairy holds onto a cat tail! All these pop-ups have exquisit detail with beautiful colour! It's the most lavish pop-up book to date! Highly Recommended!!

For a used book, I was expecting there to be missing parts or torn pages since it is a pop up book. I found nothing wrong and could pass as a new book. I received the book very quickly and was surprised to see it so soon. Thanks for the details in your description. It will make a great gift for my mom who is 88 years old. We have fond memories of a poster that I had as a child.

What an amazing book! Super adventurous for you can search and find little fairies and fairy folk under plants, in little flaps, under leaves, etc in this book. A really fun to read, beautiful to hold piece of art that I'm glad to have. I pick it up and look at it whenever I need a little pick-me-up. I'm over 40 but I've also found myself showing it off to my friends and family when they visit. (Something I've never done before, though I own about a thousand other books, and my fair share of art books too.) Incredible pop-ups. Easily destroyed by young fingers, so I'd be sure to have adult supervision for anyone under 10 or so, but such a treat for us oldsters.

What a BEAUTIFUL BOOK. I got this for my granddaughter's birthday. I themed the birthday around fairies and combined this book with others: Flower Fairies Art and Activity Book, Fairy Wings ( a storybook by Lauren Mills and Dennis Nolan) and The Complete Book of Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker. I found cake decoration Fairies ( by Barker) as well . And Amazon has the Barker story movie we can watch as well. But this book was the highlight. It is like a coffee table book, that size and that quality. The pages are pop-ups done to perfection and simply beautiful. It will be a delight for her to revisit this gift for years to come and is definitely a keepsake item to remind her of this birthday even when she grows old. Really delightful.

Let me preface this by saying that this is one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen. The pop-ups and art work are simply stunning! Lots to look for, and little surprises everywhere. So here's the reason for only 4 starts instead of 5. I have had 2 books in a row that both have issues with the pop up on the last page. The corner of the pop-up camera slips/tears out of the tab that attaches it inside the book. I thought the first book was just a fluke, so I got a replacement. Second one has the same issue, and I took a lot of care in opening the page to make sure I wasn't tearing it myself. So instead of sending it back again and hoping for a good copy, I'm just going to attempt to glue/tape it myself. I'm thinking there is just a mistake in production with that last page. Over all, this is still an awesome purchase and I know my daughter and I will have lots of fun reading it together.

This is so beautiful I can’t recommend it enough.. perfect gift