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Summary: Proof for all Non-Believers....Faeries are real....
Review: This is one of the most influental books I have read. Even as a small child, I would talk to the trees and flowers in hope that I would get an answer from the Faerie folk. The illustrations are magnificent and the text is wonderfully written. I would suggest this book to anyone who is truly an innocent eyed child at heart.
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Summary: Beautiful, enchanting, surreal and exquisite.
Review: This was the book where I first encountered the artists Froud and Lee, and also where I discovered that faeries are indeed either ugly or beautiful, old and young; everything I had ever hoped and imagined, and more. Froud and Lee's breathtaking and altogether masterly portrayal of the intrinsic, metamorphic world of fantasy forever hovering at our fingertips, is truly masterly, and I have never encountered another yet which rates quite as highly as this. I would definately recommend this book to anyone who loves faeries, and/or queries the 'pretty' flower-faeries we tend to be bombarded with today. s This book has all my dreams, nightmares and fantasies woven together in it's intricate, detailed illustrations, the thick, scrawling lead pencil script... I cannot find the words to speak highly enough of this simply unique, marvellous book. I am an avid admirer of Froud and Lee's works, the faery-kingdom, faery poetry, stories, tales, photographs, illustrations, and can never have enough information on that mystical kingdom where people such as Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin vanish to, where a cup of wine can bind you a prisoner, where the young are old, and the old are yound, where anything is possible whether you believe or not. I for one, do strongly believe in faeries, and wish that I could see one. This book is - where are the words to describe it? Magnificent/Fabulous/Beautiful/Moving/Terrifying/Fantastic/Eye-opening - they are only some... I would like to congratulate Lee and Froud on their admirable skill for illustrations, the publishers for - well - publishing this book, and all the readers out there who fell in love with this book, which is a gift from faeryland itself.
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Summary: absolutely wonderful!!!
Review: This was the first book I got that was by Brian Froud, and honestly it was pure chance that I recieved this book. However, fate didn't dissapoint me with this one. This book is so informative, I just loved it, and still do. The pictures are fantastic and some beyond belief that they were created by mortal hands. If it were not for this book I probably would not have been taken in by the world of faerie but I'm glad I was.
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Summary: A Great Buy!!
Review: Well, it finally came today!! And I've already read it twice! After borrowing a friend's copy, I knew I had to have a copy of my own. Brian Froud is one the greatest illustrators out there...ranked up there with Arthur Rackham. :)
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Summary: Magical
Review: When I was a girl I have seen three books; Dwarfes, Faires and Giants. I was enchanted. I didn't buy them then because they were very expensive, and later, I was trying to find all three, but I manage to find only two. Now I have kids of my own and my son, who is three and a half, is apsolutly crazy about Dwarfes and Faires. All I can say is that finding the third book is my wish, and since this became impossible it is a task I would like to fullfil. So, maybe some of you, booklovers can help me with information where I can find Giants made by Brian Fraud and Alan Lee, by Hari 'N Abrams, published by N.Y. Rufus publication back in 1978. All I can say about this books is that I was looking for them 22 years. Two I have found, one I still miss. If someone is trying to find this books for so long - now for kids of her own, should I add anything more?
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Summary: Ye will delight in this book, old lad!
Review: When you imagine a fairy, the first thing that comes to mind is a pretty little girl with wings, maybe long hair, sitting on a flower, singing a song, or dancing....well, the world of fairies is MUCH more than that! There are ugly fairies and pretty ones, there are small fairies and big ones, some live underwater, some in trees. There are goblins, dwarfs, cluricauns, leprechauns, brownies, kelpies, pucks, witches, primroses....you see, its a whole different world filled with interesting little inhabitants that you may have never imagined! The illustrations are great, fun to stare at. Good folk tales and descriptions. I was skeptical about the world of Faeries but after reading (and looking) thru this book, I am forever drawn to them!
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