Flowers Are Calling

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 18, 2015

Review

This is a lovely book fashioned like a picture book but it is truly a juvenile non-fiction offering which will also appeal to adults. In rhyming fashion, the synchronicity between insects and flowers is explored. Readers will learn that flowers are adapted, some even using sound, to entice the insects it requires to pollinate and help flowers to continue flourishing. Insects and flowers are dependent upon one another. There are fascinating facts throughout this book. The font is quite small, more suited to adult readers than juveniles. However, the most outstanding thing about this book are the pictures, which are absolutely stunning and depict flowers and insects in such a fashion as one expects to hear the sounds of the insects and smell the scents of the flowers. This would be perfect for a young student needing to do a report on flowers, insects and/or pollination and the like.

Overall Book Score: very good