Cicely Mary Barker | Playing by the book

25 Sep 2014

Flower fairy wands and stunning Walter Crane illustrations

by Zoe | posted in: Cicely Mary Barker, Walter Crane | 5

Thinking recently about books and stories which have been shared across at least three generations of our family, I was reminded of the Flower Fairy books by Cicely Mary Barker. It was a little like suddenly seeing the trees for … Continued

16 Oct 2009

A crown of fire

by Zoe | posted in: Cicely Mary Barker, Jack Prelutsky, Ted Hughes, Ted Rand | 4

We have a few birthday traditions in this house (chocolate cake, of course, bunting and Dutch slingers – paper bunting / garlands often with words, shapes or characters – see here for some pictures), and last weekend we added what … Continued