Friday, June 28, 2013

A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly

Published in 1992 by Puffin. 

Rose Fyleman was an English writer and poet who lived from 1877-1957. She's especially known for her stories about fairies for children.

Jamichael Henterly was born in Ohio in 1954. He now lives in Washington where he is a volunteer firefighter/EMT and teaches illustration and drawing at Western Washington University. You can see his website here.






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5 comments:

  1. SilviaJune 28, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    Jana, this book is beautiful. There is something to these true vintage titles that cannot be seen in recent ones. Maybe the writers and illustrators still believed in a bright and wonderful world.

    Nice to meet you.

    http://bookscomplicity.blogspot.com/

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  2. SilviaJune 28, 2013 at 9:18 PM

    I apologize, Janna. I misspelled your beautiful name.

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  3. Becca (OnceUponABookshelf.com)June 30, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    Oh my gosh...this book is just drop dead gorgeous! There is always room for another fairy book on our bookshelves and this one looks tremendous, thanks for sharing:)

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  4. Debbie Maxwell AllenAugust 10, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    Wow, I absolutely love those illustrations!

    ~Debbie

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  5. organic_alexaApril 18, 2022 at 12:23 PM

    Absolutely pent subject matter, regards for entropy. Haitian-Creole

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