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A facsimile of the 1923 Methuen edition. Rose Fyleman’s lovingly illustrated fairy book has been out of print for decades, and currently sells for three figures online. This is a whimsical book, for all who remember the author’s phrase “There are fairies at the bottom of our garden...” Illustrated by Hilda Miller. Rose Fyleman, born in Nottingham, was a popular writer of stories and poetry for children. She died in 1957. Her work — and that of the illustrator Hilda Miller — lives on in fairy sites all over the internet.
The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book was a birthday gift from an aunt when I was five and I never tired of reading the whimsical poems and studying the illustrations. Unfortunately when my family moved abroad all my books were donated to our local childrens' hospital and since I now live in Italy it has been difficult to find...one of these days I must order it from you. At seventy four I still like to believe that 'There are fairies at the bottom of our garden, it's not so very, very far away. You pass the gardener's shed and you just keep straight ahead, I do so hope they've really come to stay...' Another favourite was 'Fairy flannel is the skin of peaches...'. A truly magical book that brings back my happy childhood days. Thank you for reprinting it. Yvonne Rogers
Yvonne Rogers
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