Flower Garden

In this warm and sunny picture book, follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they put together a wonderful birthday surprise for mom: a window box flower garden.
After the pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are purchased and dad and daughter take them home on the bus, they're lovingly planted in the window box. Candles on the cake are lighted?just as Mom walks in the door to find her daughter, her husband, and her birthday surprise.
?Wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy.??School Library Journal

About the author

Eve Bunting was the beloved, award-winning author of more than two hundred and fifty books for young people, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere.
Kathryn Hewitt's caricatures of famous figures led kids to dub the Lives of . . . series the "Big Head" books. She has illustrated many books for young readers, some of which she also wrote. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Visit her website at www.kathrynhewitt.com.

Summary

“An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child’s mother. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy.”—School Library Journal

Additional text

"An intimate family portrait."—Parenting
"An inspiration for younger children and their parents."—The Boston Globe
"Fresh as a daisy."—Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: Eve Bunting, Bunting Eve Bunting
• Assisted by: Kathryn Hewitt (Illustration), Hewitt Kathryn Hewitt (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.1994
• EAN: 9780152287764
• ISBN: 978-0-15-228776-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 241 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Birthdays, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Holidays & Celebrations / Birthdays