FLORA'S SURPRISE

GLIORI, DEBI

ISBN 10: 0439455901 / ISBN 13: 9780439455909

Published by Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Orchard Books, 2003

About this Item

1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED hardcover book LIKE NEW/dustjacket LIKE NEW brodart covered, SIGNED with DRAWING on a bookplate and sealed in book by author DEBI GLIORI.

Seller Inventory # FLORA

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FLORA'S SURPRISE
• Publisher: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Orchard Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439455901
• ISBN 13: 9780439455909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • SIGNED CHILDREN'S - PICTURE BOOKS

About this title

Synopsis

Flora's brothers and sisters tease her when she "plants" a brick in a flowerpot and insists that she's growing a house.

It's springtime, and Flora's family is busy planting flowers and vegetables. "Why don't you grow something?" says Flora's Dad. "Some pretty flowers?" says Flora's mom. But Flora finds a brick and puts it in a flowerpot, insisting that it will one day become a house. Of course, her brothers and sisters laugh. But Flora has the last laugh in the following spring, when she discovers that a bird has made its home in her flowerpot.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2-Flora, the youngest rabbit in the family, watches as her siblings do their spring planting. When her parents encourage her to participate, Flora decides to plant a brick in a pot so she can grow a house. Her family's flowers bloom and their vegetables are eaten, but to Flora's great disappointment and her family's gentle amusement, her brick remains a brick. In the cozy and satisfying conclusion, the family emerges from their burrow in spring and finds that Flora's brick has indeed become a house-a bird has chosen her pot to make a nest. Gliori's bright, cheerful, full-color watercolor-and-ink art fills the spreads with the lush abundance of spring, summer, and fall gardens. Each illustration is full of homey details that children will want to pore over. With a few lines of text per page, this story is perfect for sharing with groups or one-on-one. The ending will be as much a surprise for readers as it is for Flora. Brick solid!-Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI
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