Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips and hyacinths, then dogwood blossoms, iris, lupine, daisies, morning glories, daylilies, geraniums, peonies, sunflowers, roses, and chrysanthemums as spring passes to summer, then autumn. At last the garden slumbers into winter under a blanket of snow, preparing next year s procession of blooms. Like actors crossing a stage, flowers narrate the passing seasons in the first person, each one briefly proclaiming...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume no. 5
Formats
Description
After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.
Author
Formats
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. This book is the authorial debut of award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris. Reminds readers to appreciate...
Author
Series
Gemstone dragons volume 4
Description
Emerald has collected every wildflower seed in Gemstone Valley so he can grow a special garden for Sapphire's birthday, but when the other dragons and creatures notice flowers are not blooming in the rest of the Valley, he tries to make things right.
Author
Description
Mercy Watson thinks like a pig: After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.
Something wonky this way comes: Mercy Watson goes to the movies and she's on a mission-for true buttered popcorn.
10) Flower and thorn
Author
Formats
Description
In the pursuit of a better life, seventeen-year-old flower hunter Irinya and her childhood best friend find a priceless silver spider lily, only to have it fall into the wrong hands, leading Irinya on a perilous quest to reclaim the magical flower.
Irinya has wanted to be a flower hunter ever since her mother disappeared into the mysterious mist of the Rann salt flats one night. Now she uses her knowledge of magical flowers to help her caravan survive...
Author
Formats
Description
From the acclaimed author/artist of Beyond the Pond and Rulers of the Playground comes a breathtaking new book with a powerful message about the environment, perfect for fans of Peter Brown's The Curious Garden and Kadir Nelson's If You Plant a Seed. Each day, the big trucks go to work. They scoop and hoist and push. But when Digger discovers something growing in the rubble, he sets in motion a series of events that will change him, and the city,...
12) The magic hill
Author
Description
Princess Daffodil's fairy godmother's wish for her is that flowers should grow wherever she goes.
13) Flowerheart
Author
Description
Sixteen-year-old Clara accidentally curses her father with wild magic, and in order to save him, she makes a dangerous bargain with a local wizard, who happens to be her childhood best friend.
14) Dear Little One
Author
Description
"This lyrical picture book celebrates all the wonder and beauty in the natural world, featuring Mother Nature personified. From the treasure of flowers to the mystery of insects this book encourages children to explore their world and be grateful for all that surrounds them"--
16) A honey of a day
Author
Description
The names and illustrations of many wildflowers are interwoven into a story about a woodland wedding. A pleasant story about an outdoor wedding is used to introduce & picture 28 lovely flowers including sweet william & black-eyed susan.
Author
Series
Tales of Sasha volume 10
Description
Flying horses from the Royal Guard arrive in Crystal Cove to deliver a message for Sasha, but in order to open it she must first solve a riddle, which requires her to find the petals of rare and different-colored flowers.
19) So happy!
Author
Description
Brief text and illustrations tell the story of a boy, a rabbit, and a seed.
20) The golden glow
Author
Description
When Fox discovers that there is no description for the golden plant, he sets out to find out for himself.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Alachua County Library District can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Suggest Materials Service. Submit Request