[.ca] Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book (ISBN 1862057001)

Review of Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book:
I've just finished reading "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book" and I loved it. It was really funny and the artwork work was just flawless. I would reccomend this great book to anyone, however infants might find it disturbing. If you get a chance read this book, I think you will love it, just like I did. This book about a girl called Angelica, who recieves a book from her aunt to press flowers, but uses it to squish faeries. Angelica made a collection of faeries as a hobby, after a while the faeries want their revenge and started harassing her. She was then forced to flee to Italy. This book is hand written and early on in the story, when she is only six, there are a lot of spelling errors, I managed reading and understanding this book easy though. If you like fantasy art I greatly recommend this book.

great story AND wonderful artwork:
This book was so great, it also seemed very authentic because it looked like it was hand written. In the beggining, there are some misspellings because Angelica is only six, but I didn't have any trouble understanding it. The drawings are so cool. It even comes with a pressed faerie.(Fake, of course, no faeries were harmed). I am thirteen, and I thought it was very good, so it's not just for adults. If you like the artwork, I recomend Good Faeries, Bad Faeries. That has interesting info, and great art. This book is worth ALL the money. If you love faeries, like me, GET THIS BOOK!

No fairies were killed or injured in the making of this book:
... so decrees the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies in the opening note from the publisher. This book is utterly charming and I regard it as a piece of art. The pages are "impressed" with the images of the fairies along with "handwritten notes" from her diary. Written by Terry Jones, a former member of the Monty Python troupe, this book captures the imagination and takes you to a place where fairies exist, not only in your imagination but on the pages of this ancient "diary". The jacket of the book is puffed out and the pages are a nice heavy weight and near the back of the book is the most adorable surprise. This book is a must have for any fairy collector or Froud fan.

what a extrodinary book!!!:
if you are a fairy lover, admirer of Brian Froud's work, or simply interested in fairies, you MUST buy this book. I've wanted it for a while, and just got it today, and i was absolutely thrilled. It was worth every penny; i truly felt like i was reading someone's real journal. Froud captures the fairies emotions perfectly, i can't imagine it being done any better. This book is about a girl ageing from aprox 9 to 20 something. It is her journal where she "pressed" fairies, sitting outside her potting shed, book open, waiting for an unsuspecting fairy to land, and then she'd SMACK it shut, capturing the fairy inside. Terry Jones did a beautiful job writing this, and the artwork is amazing. i can't stress enough how wonderful this book is, and i HIGHLY recommend that you buy it now. although i warn you it is not for young children, it contains slightly sexual material inside, it was decent enough for me (a 15-year-old) to read

Lady Cottington's pressed book of fairys:
This Book is about a girl who nobody beleives that fairys are real. She squishes fairys in her journal so that people will beleive her and it becomes her hobby. PS. The illustrations are great. (Brian Froud)