How to speak flower : a kid's guide to buds, blooms, and blossoms

Book 2023

"Birthday flowers. Valentine's Day flowers. Sympathy flowers. Red vs. yellow roses. Carnations. Orchids. We give/receive flowers for all sorts of reasons, but have you ever wondered what these beautiful flowers are REALLY trying to say? In this fully illustrated book, young readers will learn how everything from the color to the genus of a flower can communicate the simplest message. This is not your typical gardening book with step-by-steps to p...

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Flower language Juvenile literature

Flowers Juvenile literature

Nonverbal communication Juvenile literature

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ISBN:

9780762479177

Edition:

First edition

Description:

114 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Kid's guide to buds, blooms, and blossoms

Contents:

Welcome!
A mini-history of speaking flower ; Floriography: a way to communicate by using flowers
Symbolism in floriography ; Color meanings in floriography ; Flower parts: definitions
Plant buzzwords
The flower life cycle ; Pollination 101 ; The pollinator crisis
Botany versus horticulture
Quiz: What's your soul flower?
Flower language: love
Flower language: friendship
Flower language: gratitude
Flower language: celebration
Flower language: healing
Flowers with negative meanings
Danger: flowers that harm
Quiz: What's you flower power?
DIY flowers ; How to dry flowers at home ; Making your own floral bath bombs ; Flower pressing 101 ; How to make homemade potpourri ; Create a flower crown
How do your flowers grow? ; Growing your own cutting garden ; Arranging cut flowers ; Bouquet recipes ; Flowering houseplants ; Flowers that make their mark: using flowers to dye fabric
Plants/flowers and the colors they make
Why connect with flowers?
Historical meaning of flowers
Quiz: test your knowledge

LCCN:

2022019105

Control Number:

3261145

Other Authors:

Bos, Miriam, illustrator

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