Flower Girl Butterflies - Hardcover

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068817809X ISBN 13: 9780688178093

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2004

Synopsis

Although excited about the part she will play during the big event, Sarah begins to get nervous that she may do something wrong when the time comes and so turns to her mother for advice and guidance, in a charming tale about a determined flower girl with a common case of the pre-wedding jitters.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard is the author of several books that celebrate her extended family. The real Lulu is the author's great-aunt. Born in 1870, Lulu was an elementary school teacher for almost fifty years. She also rolled bandages for the Red Cross, worked a swing shift during World War II, learned to create books in Braille, and studied millinery, drafting, ceramics, Spanish, rug-hooking, and leather and metal tooling, and voted faithfully in all local elections. "Was Lulu your grandma?" children often ask the author. "Well, sure," replies Mrs. Howard. "Lulu was everybody's grandma." Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-All of the excitement and anxiety of a wedding day are captured in this charming picture book. When young Sarah is asked to be a flower girl in her Aunt Robin's wedding, the child is consumed with doubts. She worries that she will forget to throw her flowers. She's nervous about tripping in front of everyone, getting sick, or ruining her new dress. With the loving reassurance of her African-American family, she calms her fears enough to walk down the aisle. After all, she has to be a "big girl" role model for the little ring bearer. This book is a wonderful celebration of family as the grandmothers and several uncles and cousins come to spend the night before the wedding at Sarah's house. Sarah's big moment is a perfect splash of pink background and scattered pink petals with the child's dark skin gleaming against her white flower-girl dress. The lovely bride, in a frothy white gown, follows. The collage textures added to the watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations give the book a tactile look. A warm, family-oriented story that children will love.-Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 068817809X
• ISBN 13: 9780688178093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kromer Christiane