BLOOMIN' TALES: Seven Favorite Wildflower Legends

Houston: Bright Sky Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Joy Fisher Hein. CONDITION: NEW 2012 Bright Sky Press (Houston) large paperback, first printing. Dazzling color illustrations by Joy Fisher Hein. Wildflower legends range from Colonial times (imports) to Native American legends (Comanche) to Texas legends. The history of the legends is addressed in an afterword and a short discussion of each wildflower from the book is also provided. The inside back cover shows a map of North America with climate zones noted. CONTENT: There's a world at our feet few even notice, full of untamed beauties with bizarre names and even more bizarre stories. A book for children of ALL ages, Bloomin' Tales brings the history of these ultimate survivalists - the wildflowers - to life with exciting legends passed down from those who settled the land: the French, Scottish, Mexican, and English, along with the original settlers, the Native Americans. Let award-winning author and garden writer Cherie Foster Colburn introduce you to seven of her favorite plant legends from the hundreds she's unearthed creating school learning gardens. Artist Joy Fisher Hein, winner of numerous awards for her lively paintings, illuminates ecological detail as only a Master Naturalist could. Look for hidden pollinators, companion plants, native habitats and fun facts for each of the featured wildflowers and listen to the unique story each one tells. You'll never see wildflowers in the same way again. All ages. A perfect book.