Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal by Cicely Mary Barker, Glen Bird, Liz Catchpole
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Book Reviews of Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal
Book Review: Magical!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this book last year while looking in the books section at a local store. It reminded me somewhat of Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book which my mom gave me a couple of years ago. I decided I couldn't afford to buy it right then, so I remembered the title and put it on my Christmas List. This was one of several books my mom gave me last Christmas. She also got one for one of her neighbor's children (Who absolutely loved the book and did a book report on it).
The book itself is absolutely gorgeous with beautiful flowers, silver embossing, and a big pink jewel on the cover. The inside is full of beautiful illustrations.
The book is a journal kept by a young lady while house-sitting for a friend. She gradually comes to believe that the house and surrounding garden are inhabited by fairies. She keeps track of her findings in this journal. Some of her most interesting discoveries include a fragment of a fairy wing, stored in an envelope that opens and you can pull the wing out to examine it, and an envelope filled with fairy dust.
This type of book is an excellent gift for a child. The only drawback is that the text is in cursive, which does add to the beauty of the book and make it more realistic, it also makes it somewhat more difficult to read, especially for a young child. This is also a great book for adults (I'm 24 and I love it, my mom also really enjoyed this book).
Book Review: Exploding with Enchantment!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is just as enchanting, as the Dragonology, and Wizardology books, if not more. It is for people of all ages, and if you weren't interested in fairies before, you are now.
The book is full of the whimsical fairy images and details of fairy encounters by the artist, Cicely Mary Barker. You will also find many surprises in this book, such as letters, postcards, fairy dust, and even a gift from the fairies at the end.
It seems that this book is aimed more for children, but is most definitely something an adult will enjoy, whether they are reading it to their child or reading it alone.
You or your child will be drawn into the wonders of this book. The fairies are child-like, dressed in leaves and flowers. There are many things hidden in this book, to find. The book brings another world to you or your child, and will no doubt, allow your child's imagination to grow, and yours to grow with it. I don't know if this would be the perfect gift for young children. Try to imagine what they would do to a pop-up book before you give this as a gift.
I hope authors and artists keep coming out with more books like this one. It brings a new excitement to reading and art, which is something that everyone can learn to appreciate.
Book Review: Fairies Are Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
During the summer of 1920 Cicely Mary Barker kept a journal of her time in Storrington, it was during this time she felt most inspired by her fairy friends, and so decided to entrust her journal to The British Faerie Folklore Society for preservation. It is this journal we are presented with here.
Storrington is a place of tranquillity surrounded by beauty and wild flowers. And as Cicely Mary Barker discovered, it is also surrounded by fairies. Day after day Cicely discovers more and more evidence of fairies. From tiny foot prints, to enchanting music, fairy wings and fairy dust, and also fairy's in photos.
It is an invaluable journal full of tips and hints on identifying fairies, and where they can be found. There is a guide to fairy trees and fairy rings and also tales of fairy. And there is also a recipe for blackberry jam! But above all else there are fairies themselves dancing through the pages of this journal.
I love the interactivity with this book. Fairyopolis is a magical guide into a world not often seen, but often imagined. There is so much magic and beauty to discover within these pages, and I hope any fairy lover will take the time to uncover it.
Book Review: A Wonderful, Beautiful, Magical, Book
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're looking for a fantastic gift for a fairy lover that you know... Look no further, this is it...
Fairyopolis is a beautiful, exquisitely detailed, magical book... In the guise of a lovingly kept journal, detailing the wondrous summer that Miss Cicely Mary Barker (the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies) spent as a caretaker at a friend's house in the country...
It chronicles her encounters, her musings and the development of her friendship with the fairies... Intertwined with facts and folklore and maps and wee little hidden bits of fairy relics hidden under postcards and photos, leaving the reader feeling as though they've just paged through the scrapbook of an amazing friend...
If this book has a shortcoming, it lies with the script that is used throughout the book, there were moments when I had to pause and reread passages but that may very have been the dyslexia talking...
And of course, it must be said that if this is your first encounter with "The Ologies," you should do yourself a favor and check out all the others, they're just as wonderful...
Book Review: GREAT BOOK FOR 10+
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this book for Christmas along with Pirateology. I also have Wizardology, Dragonology, and A Wandmaker's Guidebook. Fairyopolis is just as good as all these books, it may indeed be the best. The cover artwork and color is absolutly amazing, I spend minutes just looking at it. One thing i noticed was on the back it said it was rated for children 6+. I read someone's review about how her son and daughter love the ology books, and she was dissapointed because the whole book was in cursive! Now I am 11, so I can read cursive, but I think the book should be rated 10+, so I strongly advise not to buy this book if you have a child who cannot read cursive, unless you plan on reading it to them, don't buy iy; wait till there a little older. other then that, the concept is great for little kids because the women in the story is very realistic. the book involves a women at her friends house, and it has little hidden treasures in the envolopes, and the last treasure at the end of the book will be enjoyed by all ages!