Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego, CA 1988
A mother and child plant a garden and see a rainbow of flowers grow. The entire cycle of a garden's year is shown in bright, easy to understand pictures and words.
The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle, illustrated by Satomi Ichikawa, Philomel Books, New York, 1999
After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they bring her overgrown weedy garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well. Author Lisle was a Newbery Honor winner in 1990 for her book Afternoon of the Elves.
A Guide to Field identification: Wildflowers of North America by Frank D. Venning, illustrated by Manabu C. Saito, Golden Press, New York, NY 1984
If you want to know what that flower you are looking at is called this is a book to consult for the answer. It includes information and pictures on 101 different families containing the 1,553 more common species, that are considered to be flowers rather than weeds, found in North America.
The Empty Pot by Demi, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1990
When the emperor gives every child in China a flower seed to plant, Ping plants his and tends it carefully, but nothing grows. When he has to show the emperor his empty pot at the end of the year, his honesty is rewarded.
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola, G. P. Putnam's Sons., New York, NY 1998
This legend from the Plains Indians tells of Little Gopher who becomes an artist for his people and brings the colors of the sunset down to earth as his paint brushes take root.
Wildflowers Around the Year photographs and text by Hope Ryden, Clarion books, New York, NY 2001
Thirty eight New England wildflowers are described and shown in fine close-up photographs, with a story about each from Skunk Cabbage to the Aster.
Counting Wildflowers by Bruce McMillan, Lothrop,Lee & Shepard Books, New York, NY 1986
This is a book about learning to count from one to twenty but each page has a fine close-up photograph of wildflower blooms that ilustrate the number.
Goldfish and Chrysanthemums by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Michelle Chang, Lee & Low Books, Inc. New York, NY 2003
A Chinese American girl puts goldfish into a pond that she creates and borders with chrysanthemums in order to remind her grandmother of the fish pond that the grandmother had at her childhood home back in China.
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Adrienne Adams, Charles Scribner's Sons,, New York,NY 1961
The classic tale of the tiny girl who was found in a flower by her mother who had planted a seed given her by a witch.
It Could Still Be a Flower by Alan Fowler, Children's Press, New York, 2001
An easy to read, large type book about a variety of well photographed flowers describing them and explaining why they bloom.
The Legend of the Lady Slipper by Lise Lunge-Larsen and Margi Preus, illustrated by Andrea Arroyo, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1999
A retelling of an Ojibwe legend about a brave girl who saved her people from a terrible disease by listening carefully to the whispering snow, the rumbling ice and the dancing northern lights, and travelled with bare feet to get the healing herbs even after losing her moccasins.
Tree Flowers by Millicent E. Selsam, illustrated by Carol Lerner, William Morrow and Company, New York, NY 1984
Twelve of the most familiar flowering trees, including the pussy willow, witch hazel, magnolia and dogwood are described,by an award winning author of science books, and depicted by a renowned botanical illustrator in this book .
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