A flower is a friend / Frieda Wishinsky ; illustrations by Karen Patkau.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario : Pajama Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 27 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781772782806
- 1772782807
- 635.9 23
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 577.554 W814 | Available | 33111011075161 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the garden ecosystem, a flower means many things to each bird, insect, and creature.
What does a flower do? They may not seem active to human eyes, but for the creatures of the garden they dust a bumblebee, shade a frog, feed a hummingbird, and serve as the center of a buzzing, humming, thrumming community.
In A Flower is a Friend, award-winning author Frieda Wishinsky's spare text whispers softly to readers about the many ways a flower cares for those around it, while award-winning illustrator Karen Patkau's striking art provides a close-up view of each mouse, frog, and butterfly within a blossom's embrace. Rich back matter unfurls further information about the partnerships within the garden ecosystem, including the ways these garden creatures are friends to flowers in return.
Includes index.
"Brief, lyrical text names the roles flowers play in a garden ecosystem, providing food and shelter and interacting with rain, wind, and light. Bright, close-up illustrations showcase blossoms and the creatures who visit them, including insects, hummingbirds, a mouse, and a frog. Questions on each spread prompt readers to think about the relationships between the flowers and creatures, and information about those relationships is shared in spotlight paragraphs about each creature in the back matter. Includes an index of flowers.."-- Provided by publisher.