Shirley Barber's Fairy Book: An Anthology of Verse
Shirley Barber's Fairy Book: An Anthology of Verse
Shirley Barber's Fairy Book: An Anthology of Verse
Shirley Barber's Fairy Book: An Anthology of Verse

Shirley Barber's Fairy Book: An Anthology of Verse

Fairies, elves, mermaids and water babies inhabit the magical world created by Shirley Barber in her beautifully illustrated fairy book.

Most of the charming verse has been penned by Shirley Barber herself, while some classic works by poets such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Tennyson and William Shakespeare are also included.

Condition: Excellent condition
Format: Hardcover 
Age: 4-8

Shirley Barber is an English children's author and illustrator, long resident in Australia.

Her early childhood was spent in Guernsey (Channel Islands). She had no formal art school training, but learnt designing at a textile and wallpaper studio in London.

She emigrated to Australia in 1965, and worked for a time for Oxford University Press in Melbourne, Victoria. She currently lives in Watsonia, a suburb of Melbourne, with her son and his family. She has been married twice; her second husband Keith Barber died in 2000.[2]

She has written many picture books and fairy-themed colouring books, calendars and diaries, which have sold over 10 million copies as at 2008.[2] Most of Barber's books feature fairies and animals. Her books are mainly set in picturesque woods. Her books have been published in 18 languages.

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