Cicely Mary Barker's magical Flower Fairies illustrations offer the perfect background for recording all of baby's milestones and accomplishments during that eventful first year. Decorated with Barker's sumptuous illustrations, each detailed page is filled with bright, beautiful artwork. Lavishly finished with a padded cover and ribbon tie, this baby book is an ideal gift for new or expecting parents. The pages contain generous room for personal thoughts, photographs, and mementos along with space for noting the basics. Every baby's "firsts" should be recorded--this baby book is a unique and charming journal in which to do so.

Relive the beauty and magic of Cecily Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Spring, now with a brand new enchanting cover. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker's first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a life-long love for fairies and all things magical.

In a large garden live the Flower Fairies and their many friends. There's mischievous Periwinkle, shy Daffodil, Poppy, who likes to give parties for Flower Fairy children, and Marigold, who loves the sun. Seventeen fairies in all are featured in this book that's chock full of the details young readers and listeners love to know about the Flower Fairies and their secret lives.

The Song of The Almond Blossom Fairy Joy! the Winter's nearly gone! Soon will Spring come dancing on; And, before her, here dance I, Pink like sunrise in the sky. Other lovely things will follow; Soon will cuckoo come, and swallow; Birds will sing and buds will burst, But the Almond is the first!

Using clever disguises, fairies live and hide in treetops, forests, gardens, marshes, and hedgerows.

Illus. dictionary on the meaning of flowers compiled using popular superstitions and ancient folklore. Col. illus. 8-12 yrs.