SOLVED. Children's Fantasy. Guide to Fairies, encyclopedia. Types of fairies (forest, night, house, etc.) & their life cycle. Coffee table book. Purple cover. Lots of pictures. Read mid-to-late 2000s. [s]

[Amanda]

This book was purchased from a Borders sometime during the mid- to late-2000s. It was in the children's section, large (think like a coffee table book where it is wide/tall and square shaped, but not very thick - I believe it was only a few pages long, with most of the thickness devoted to a cardboard panel at the front that held figurines or toys or something along those lines, I don't remember what it was exactly). The cover was predominantly purple, had a picture of a fairy (I think) sitting on a flower.

Anyway, it was fully illustrated and more like a guidebook or encyclopedia of fairies than a story. It gave details on types of fairies (forest, night, house, etc) as well as their life cycle. It was not Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal, though I also remember that one being sold on the same shelf.

[Kris]

Amanda, I added some details to the header/ topic title. Feel free to edit it.

[Amanda]

Thanks fam

[Becca]

The Secret World of Fairies by Angela Robinson? The description mentions it comes with 'four collectible figurines' and the cover is purple:

[SamSpayedPI]

Possibly Book of Faeries by Heather Dakota?

The pocket includes flower petals, Fairy charm, ribbon, acrylic embedment, and purple glitter.

[Amanda]

Yup, that was it!