One Flower in My Garden


Book Description

The first time he saw Sara she was the most beautiful girl Craig had ever seen, a year later he fell in love with her. Craig could never imagine falling in love with a girl of Sara's beauty. But, while on vacation she met Oliver, the most perfect boy she had ever seen. Oliver was not as he appeared to be, although very handsome, highly intelligent, perfect, he hid his evil agenda well. Oliver used his intelligence, looks and charisma to manipulate Sara, who had never known how beautiful she really was.What would take place on that Tybee Island vacation would forever change the destinies of many people. Heartbreak would follow and the path of a young man who had been so in love would direct him down a path he had never imagined.Craig Kirkland would become a stone cold assassin. They should never have laughed.




Flower Talk


Book Description

This new book from Sara Levine features a cantankerous talking cactus as a narrator, revealing to readers the significance of different colors of flowers in terms of which pollinators (bees, bats, birds, etc.) different colors "talk" to. A fun nonfiction presentation of science info that may be new to many kids--and adults




What's Inside A Flower?


Book Description

From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, comes a new nonfiction picture book series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world--starting with what's inside a flower. Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers--from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry. In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky's distinctive art style and engaging, informative text clearly answers any questions a child (or adult) could have about flowers.




Have You Ever Seen a Flower?


Book Description

Have You Ever Seen a Flower? is an enchanting picture book exploring the relationship between childhood and nature. In this simple yet profound story, one child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire universe it evokes—revealing how a single flower can expand one's perspective in incredible ways. • Authorial debut of award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris • Reminds readers to appreciate the beauty of the world • Full of bright, stunning illustrations Have You Ever Seen a Flower? is a beautiful exploration of perception, the environment, and humanity. • Perfect read-aloud with thought-provoking questions • Ideal for nature lovers • For fans of The Little Prince, The Giving Tree, Not a Box, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar




The Flower Man


Book Description

A man moves into a dark, colorless town, and brings with him flowers and color that affect all of his neighbors.




On One Flower


Book Description

Vibrant illustrations and rhyming text offer readers an experience exploring on a flower to learn of the ecosystem there. Children will gain an appreciation for the world on one flower and for the whole world around us! This book takes place on one flower, a goldenrod. Soiders...A butterfly sipping nectar ... A ladybug snacking on aphids... oh ladybug, look out for the ambushbug! Dr. Fredericks focuses on the whole plant-and-animal "community" inhabiting a single flower. Two pages of "Field Notes" and "fun facts" at the back of the book offer intriguing information on these creatures. A perfect book for: parents and teachers needing homeschool materials for kindergarten (or any grade!) anyone looking for picture books on insects or singalong books for kids! anyone looking for children's books to help instill an appreciation of our planet!




I Can Grow a Flower


Book Description

A first garden story board book that reveals how plants grow with lift-the-flaps and a pullout height chart. Teach your child how a tiny seed grows into a flower in this fascinating lift-the-flap garden story. A pullout height chart ends the book--a great way for children to remember how a sunflower grows, and to measure how fast your child grows, too! Through illustrations, photography, and flaps, sixteen delightful board book pages reveal the wonder of how plants grow as you follow the story of a mystery seed. How was it planted? What does it need? What will it become? As days go by, it's hard to imagine the tiny shoot will ever grow into a big, strong plant. Could it magically become the tallest of all the garden flowers? Flaps unfold to show plants growing, creatures hiding, and what's happening underground. The book includes very simple gardening projects and facts about garden creatures (which ones are good for plants, and which ones are bad), and children will find out what a pollinator is, and how to attract pollinators to the garden. The perfect gift for aspiring gardeners, complete with a height chart.




The Whole World Is a Single Flower


Book Description

" T]errific and reveals the incomparably profound, minutely subtle, and disarmingly humorous Mind of the Master. For the first time a koan collection includes Christian and Taoist koans as well as the more familiar Japanese koans. The "Buddhist" koans are selected from the classic collections The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Record, as well as from a large number of orally preserved koans from Korean Zen teachers. The Christian koans are derived from the poems of the German mystic known as Angelus Silesius; the Taoist koans come from the Tao Te Ching (in the "translation" by Stephen Mitchell, who also wrote this book's foreword). The checking questions are indeed probing and dumbfoundedness-inducing; the commentaries are uniformly brilliant and incisive...." --Tricycle Magazine




Pick, Pull, Snap!


Book Description

In the orchard a honey bee buzzes. Its legs brush pollen inside a fragrant pink flower: A small green fruit begins to grow and grow and grow.... Peaches and peas and even peanuts -- they all begin with a single flower: How? Open this book and find out!




The Flower Alphabet Book


Book Description

Describes a variety of flowers from A-Z, beginning with the amaryllis and concluding with the zinnia.