Flowers Are Calling ~ Picture Book & KID KANDY

Flowers Are Calling
By Rita Gray
Pictures by Kenard Pak
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)

Oh, dear. It is only February, but already I am dreaming of flowers!

Maybe that is because I have seen promising buds and the tips of daffodil shoots. Or maybe I feel hopeful about spring because the sun has been shining and the snow melting.

Either way, flowers are calling!

Flowers Are Calling is a beautifully illustrated picture book about flowers and the ones who are called by their color, fragrance, and shape.

Bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other sorts of interesting pollinators are lured to flowers for food but end up helping out flowers by spreading pollen.

Parts of this book are set to rhyme. I did find this hard to get in rhythm with, but the information and enchanting pictures kept me reading. What I loved in Flowers Are Calling was learning about the specific animals that were drawn to specific flowers. I also enjoyed learning the names and types of flowers. This wonderful book even features flowers that bloom at night! I am always in bed when it's dark outside and live in the north, so I do not get to see those pretty blossoms.

Reading about flowers in February makes perfect sense. We are ready for spring and the flowers that pop up from the ground. Plus flowers feature prominently for a special holiday that happens each February 14.

KID KANDY:

Late Winter Flower Hunt

It may be too early where I live to see much (though I have already spied pink buds), but regardless of where you live, there should be signs of approaching spring.

~ Take a walk outside and use your super sharp eyes to find signs of spring:

flower buds on bushes, grass that is beginning to get green, skinny stalks of daffodil stems peeking from the soil, crocus sprouts (maybe even flowers), moss, weeds (of course they will be growing) . . .

What did you find? I'd love to hear about spring where you live.

Remember the locations of signs of spring. Go back in a week and see what has changed.

Welcome spring!