The Book of Fairy Poetry

About this book

Fairies cross moonlit gardens, speak in old ballads and hover at the edge of poems about childhood, loss and wonder. Dora Owen assembles a literary world in which enchantment takes many forms.

The poems draw on different periods and voices, while Warwick Goble's delicate, richly coloured illustrations give the collection its distinctive atmosphere. The contrast between verse and image makes it especially rewarding to browse. A familiar poet may appear beside an almost forgotten one, both entering the same luminous woodland for a few pages.