Synopses & Reviews
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
"The stylized representations of flower species are labeled throughout, allowing young children to get an idea of how each flower type contributes to the rainbow effect."--Booklist
"A splendid beginning book of colors and flowers cleverly arranged for young readers."--The Horn Book
"Young readers will love watching the garden grow."--San Francisco Chronicle
"A dazzling celebration . . . of the garden, the power of shape and color, and the harmony of text and image."--School Library Journal
Young children will enjoy learning about colors and flowers with this new edition of one of Lois Ehlert's most popular titles in a brand-new format.
Little ones will love to watch a rainbow grow in this board book edition of Lois Ehlert's perennial classic.
About the Author
is the creator of many award-winning picture books about nature, including Growing Vegetable Soup; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf;
the recent bestseller Waiting for Wings;
and In My World.
She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.