Refinding lost childhood media
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rynlingFlower Fairies
https://flowerfairies.com/meet-the-fairies/
Since their first publication in 1923, Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world. The botanically accurate drawings in the 170 original illustrations, coupled with the enchanting fairy images based on real children from Cicely’s sister’s nursery school, appeal to our innate sense of magic and wonder.
I used to covet these books when I was a kid, when I would sit at the shittiest library you can imagine and try to redraw the illustrations onto printer paper. For years I had a vague memory of the books existing, but I could never find them again. Thankfully, Penguin (bless its corporate heart) has scanned everything and collected the pages online in a lovely website. One of my projects for this summer is going to be to download all the paintings and create my own personal archive, I think.
https://flowerfairies.com/meet-the-fairies/
Since their first publication in 1923, Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world. The botanically accurate drawings in the 170 original illustrations, coupled with the enchanting fairy images based on real children from Cicely’s sister’s nursery school, appeal to our innate sense of magic and wonder.
I used to covet these books when I was a kid, when I would sit at the shittiest library you can imagine and try to redraw the illustrations onto printer paper. For years I had a vague memory of the books existing, but I could never find them again. Thankfully, Penguin (bless its corporate heart) has scanned everything and collected the pages online in a lovely website. One of my projects for this summer is going to be to download all the paintings and create my own personal archive, I think.
