Books on Fairies, Fairy Art Prints, and Illustrated Fairy Tales from Around the World
Fairies and Fairy Tales
I am in the process of moving the fairytales to their own page so for now, there are fairytales on both the fairies page and the fairytale page.
You can find more fairytales here.
Looking for Art?
The fairy art gallery has moved to Art Passions, a specifically noncommercial site. You can also find the free fairy backgrounds there, and the fairy wallpaper for windows.
Fairy Tale Art is here; however, you will find fairies and fairytales throughout Artpassions.
And now.... e-postcards! Click on any picture in the art gallery to send it to an Internet friend.
You can also general search (by artist, subject, or title). For example, enter victorian fairies in the box to browse fairy posters by Victorian artists.
Looking for Hard-to-Find Fairy Art Books?
If you are looking for a hard-to-find or out-of-print book on fairies, try the Book Search page.
The bookstore index is now here. Some featured books are on this page.
Fairy Magic
The Meaning of Flowers
A collection of flower mythology and plant lore lists each flower alphabetically with its meanings, medicinal properties, related superstitions, and recipes for ancient magic spells, complemented by illustrations of the Flower Fairies. More information
Follow the links to see more illustrations in the books.
The Fairy Tale Book
This was my favorite book as a child. I get many requests for the book that Kip the Enchanted Cat image comes from. It's been republished as The Fairy Tale Book translated by Marie Ponsot and illustrated by Adrienne Segur. I highly recommend it.
Victorian Fairy Painting
These are the best fairies. Fairies from Rackham, Dulac, Maybeck, Hughes, Doyle, Naiash, Fitzgerald, Simmons, and others.
See many Victorian fairies in the fairy gallery.
I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block. 1998. Has a Suza Scolara photo on the
cover. Fantastic novel written for teens by a great, whimisical author
Francesca Lia Block.
Not all fairies are good fairies. Each fairy is described and beautifully illustrated by 'direct faery communications' in The Faerie's Oracle by Brian Froud and Jessica Macbeth.
Good Faeries, Bad Faeries
Not all fairies are good fairies. Each fairy is described and beautifully illustrated by 'direct faery communications' in Good Faeries, Bad Faeries.
Brian Froud's sequel to Faeries.
-- David Larkin(Editor), et al; Brian Froud, illustrator
The Legend Lady has researched fairy tales from around the world
for 35 years and is now putting them in both written book and talking CD format.
Read a sample story on-line
The Scriptorium offers art fonts (sometimes called dingbats) and traditional fonts based on various lettering. Some of the Celtic or script fonts work well with fairies.
You can download a demo version of many Scriptorium's fonts in Zip format or Stuffit for MacOS. (Pick up extraction utilities here.) Installation instructions are included. You can also download a sample version of the font of the month.
