<p>2020 Reprint of the 1923 Edition. &nbsp;Full Color Illustrations of 24 Spring Flowers and their respective Fairies.&nbsp; Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.&nbsp; First published in the 1920s, Cicely Mary Barker&rsquo;s original <em>Flower Fairies</em> books have been loved for generations. Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barker believed in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawing from life. &nbsp;Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combination of naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. The book features poems and full-color illustrations of 24 Spring flowers and their guardian fairies.</p>