I always grew flowers just because it is normal life for me. I will give a big shout-out to Sarah Hawkless of Emerden, who I have bought seeds and plants from over the years. I have created a garden out of a neglected mess of bramble along a public path near my house and my daughter has perfected making flower crowns from flowers in her garden which she gives to friends of all ages to celebrate lifes accomplishments. She has been my book! They helped shape my love of learning and adventure. I think mysteries relate to gardening a lot. I loved Little House on the Prairie. As a child, I remember being engulfed in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books imagining the woods and prairie settings along with the cabin interiors. Anne of Green Gables. As for our farm, we count ourselves lucky, our family is safe as is our flower field perched on the top of a hill, however, the river flats of our property were hit by flood waters. North Vancouver B.C. Thank you, for the look back and the interview. Theres nothing better than my hands in the soil, planting and watching the resulting beauty emerge. Thanks for the interview and this opportunity! We should all care for others and listen to their stories, I think it would make a better world. I loved arts and crafts books. They all have mysteries which are still my favorite books to read. Apples and oranges are such a great pair. They were allowed so much freedom and independence, and that appealed to me as a child. I even hid under my bed when our family was heading out to church because I just wanted to stay home, sit on my bed and read my book again. She is 37 years old. Agatha Christie. Written byFloret. And I still LOVE to read. Flowers are definitely a spirit animal for me. words that rhymes with alexis. I love a good variety of things now, and I love chatting with the people who love their hobbies or careers. I loved reading the national geographic series on ocean animals. She was always a bit anxious, very curious and getting herself into trouble at times attributes that I definitely possess. I became an exchange student to Japan at 16, and I went on to get a degree in International Studies. Now that Im grown up, I have my own garden full of veggies and flowers along with an apple orchard and berry field. My Mom was a teacher there and she worked it out with the librarian to get the old copy for my daughter- who also loved the book. It has also inspired my craft of making various things (miniature houses and vases) out of natural materials foraged from the land and my gardens. My garden is a refuge, guided by color and textures that will survive our drought climate in California. Aside from a few old trees around the house, it was a clean slate. I was the kid who read the shampoo bottle and the back of the cereal box! I had to wear leg braces overnight for a year when I was three to correct a foot turnout. Her interaction with staff was always positive. It made the life ahead seem so crazy, chaotic & fun! Thank you for sharing. This love of discovery continues as I pursue every new interest! . Basil E Frankweiler, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH- All vastly different, all equally wonderful! I am grateful to share this, it was a nice little trip down memory lane. But my favorite were biographies. I just finished the Floret course and it was a splendid experience (although I still have one module to complete module 4 sorry about that, Erin I got a little behind!) Our favorites were, The Swiss Family Robinson and The Hobbit. My favourite childhood books would be the Mandie Collection books by Lois Gladys! Then of Course there was Sherlock Holmes and the logic and way at looking at a situation with reason. Truly devastating and many many months, if not years of toil to fix Some people will never get back to pre Gabrielle and every donation, no matter how small will be greatly received. The beautiful nature images inspired my love of flowers. As a child I loved to read mysteries like the Nancy Drew novels and the babysitters club, hahaha. I loved finding things in unexpected places and was amazed how beautifully and subtlety this random object could be woven into a bigger picture. I used to read young adult fantasy books all the time! Always love that memory! My favorite books were Enid Blytons The Magic Faraway Tree and the Enchanted Wood. I learned to be brave and always imagine what could be. I grew up a middle child of 9 in a large Irish Catholic family in eastern Washington. I always dreamed about living in a treehouse and having endless areas to explore and ride my bike. I loved the DK Eyewitness books teaching about anatomy, plants, and all things related to the natural world. As a kid, my mom would let me choose piles of books from the scholastic order forms sent home from school. The books sparked so much imagination and my sisters and I enjoyed the characters and the Tree changing its blossoms and all the things it grew! That book was very worn by time I was old enough to read other books. I love an epic series where I have lots of opportunities to get lost in another magical/beautiful time or world. her place is high up,so safe,but still heaps of work in garden and orchard and town Some of them (looking back now) were kind of scary but I loved them all the same. My favorite books as a child still are the discovery of another world, whether it be a magical one or a mysterious room in a beloved relatives house. As I step out in my small secret garden in the Pacific North West, I find joy, peace and renewal. Now I can get lost for hours in my garden, dreaming and discovering something amazing every day. I went on to study English literature in university and a book I fell in love was The Englishmans Flora by Gregory Grigson all the wonderful references to flowers and their homes in poetry and prose brought together the two worlds I lovewords and images, art and nature. The Narnia series too has influenced our lives and brought joy in so many ways. I had a reading disability so as a kid, I loved seek and find books because I didnt have to read any words. she inherited my passion for gardening and has dahlias from seed and loves roses and zinnias and cosmos and .. New Zealand has always been a dream trip of mine. I am always looking for a surprise in my garden and figuring out what is it and how long ago I planted it. Also , loved I spy books with my daughter which makes this offering fun. A lot of Newberry classics: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Ginger Pye, Island of the Blue dolphins, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Charlottes Web, A Wrinkle in Time, From the Mixed Up files of Mrs. Thanks for the fun assignment! As a very young child I loved having Mom read me fairytales. It really is a sweet story that makes you think of how one persons trash can be anothers treasure. I loved it. Its about a little girl who helped her mom make a clown doll for her out of pieces of fabric. I have an area in my garden that is hidden and magical. The Book With No Pictures by B J Novak; The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine; The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog . They inspired me to become a farmer and want to live off the land. I was about 7 years old, and to this day I still remember how deeply her story touched me. Its from cutting she got from Government house in Russell, its supper hardy so if you ever want a cutting just say. My favorite story I can remember though was called Mandy, about a young orphan girl who found a deserted house in the woods and every day snuck over the orphanage wall to little by little make the house her own. I was an outdoor girl and spent hours in the woods and along our pond with my dogs. Im thinking, wouldnt it be wonderful to have a cut flower business with my mother or grandmother or daughter? Indeed, I was able to make that my lifes work. These books inspired my love of gardening and creating things from scratch. Thank you again, for opening our eyes to the endless variety of Gods creation.. I wish to this day I knew what that book was! There was a point in my life when I was trying to put together poems about nature, I was so impressed by its beauty! I love horses. And now my 7 year old daughter is reading some of the same books :). The last page was a picture of children sitting with him in a beautiful garden. I was that child who was always reading from a very young age. It reminds me that nature is home to many creatures. I hope the sometimes 100 plus summer degrees here in CA will not negatively affect them too much. Mon livre prfr tait Martine la campagne. Probably my favorite was The Black Stallion. (As soon as the adults were done with it of course!) Quand jtais petite mon premier livre que jai aim tais mon livre de franais de premires anne .il y avait limage de la phrase qui tait crite et cela me fascinais ,car je navais jamais vu de livre avant il ny en avais pas chez moi, mais quand jai eu mes enfants (4) nos livres prfrs taient ceux de Beatrix Porter avec des desseins magnifiques pour accompagner de jolies histoires. The Princess Bride, Hobbit, King Arthur, Robin Hood. Its been an opportunity to learn the characteristics of certain flowers, their names and their seasons of growth. I also loved Anne of Green Gables and Pipi Longstockings. I dont remember the name of this book but we would sit for hours looking at all the different color combos and dream up outfits, styles, flowers, makeup, decor. I dont remember being able to read descriptions, but I loved the pictures and my mom let me pick many of the flowers she planted. Thank you for the romp down memory lane! Also, I loved The Secret Garden story and how it depicted a transformation of nature and its effects on people, thus my joy of sharing flowers began. The very first thing I purchased when I found out I was pregnant with our first child, 40 years ago. I also loved the magazine Highlights with the best part being the search of the hidden items, simialr to Lost & FOund. Recently, my sister asked me for my input with designing her front landscape for her familys home. When I was younger my mother would read them to me, and I would get lost in imagination of field roses and wild violets out in the prairies. I read it over and over; it sparked an incredible imaginative side of my brain that I credit a lot of my creativity to! Growing up, I adored the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What a treat! I think I most enjoyed the Choose Your Own Adventure books. I could not wait for the catalogs to come in the mail and make lists and then other lists and daydreamed. But if you're stuck for ideas when it comes to which book to pick out for your child, don't worry - organisers have put together a huge list of over 100 classics for all ages that are a must-read. and whimsical illustrations- which were from the 1960s or 70s! I grew up on a farm and could relate to Laura, and later as an adult pursued having a farm of my own, knowing the importance of instilling that lifestyle and values into my children. Thank you for encouraging and growing our floral families . When you want to fill up on nutrients fast, cancer survivor Leslie Needleman All of these books have the common theme of patience and hard work. I can visualize to this day seeing those pictures for the first time. And now as an adult, I am most happy in the wild places and on our small farm, conversing with the plants and animals of a place. expecting. I would open it up and it would instantly transport me to another world. Now, my job involves protecting native vegetation and I get to hike in the mountains a lot! . One of them was especially dear to my heart which is called Basket of Flowers. What a beautiful book! But my fondest memories is running to the mailbox every day after school to find the brand new Brecks of Boston flower catalog to arrive! Nancy Drew was a favorite series but I also enjoyed books on animals and nature as well as poetry. I used to close my eyes before I went to sleep at night and wish with all my might that I was magic. This rhyming game is a free printable, so click on that link below to get your own. I did like to listen, my mom would read to us when we were sick. Big bright petals with a paper like quality, persimmon orange, lemon yellow, vibrant pink poppies on sturdy green stems. This is such an interesting question and hard to answer! I read whatever I could get my hands on, it was an escape to different lives and worlds. I have now retired from my full time job at the university and in the last year have worked part time at a local flower farm and taken a bee keeping course and started my first hive. These stories described fairies, brownies, pixies, giants, trolls, talking bears and women who spoke their minds and achieved rank of princess because their values and cleverness outshone and revealed their beauty. His childrens board book, I Am A Bunny remains my favorite book of his. It was a childrens addition and it had bright beautiful illustrations of flowers and creatures that literally popped up in a very 1970s way! I will never forget that day, its etched in my memory as a most amazing moment. Homesteading, making candles and soap, storing food for the winter. Charlotte was a creative inspirer! I saved my allowance money to buy the next new one- my grandma enabled me with extra chores. I believe this joy set me up for a love for books which spanned over the course of my life, including present day, and Im sure the future. Its P. D. Eastmans Go Dog Go! In contrast to my deep dark mysterious woods my gardens are anything but just the view across from the house is woods, but were full sun here! All books with colorful, artistic pictures were (and still are) my favorites. Hard to say any one type of book- I had a mom who loved to read and read us all types. Loved the inspirational interview with Zoe Fields. Preferably an old one where attics held treasures and secret doors and nooks abounded. Thanks for this interactive book. I have passed on my love for flowers to my 3 yr old grand daughter. As a child, Magic Eye & I Spy books were formative to my imagination. In elementary school, I always gravitated toward the biography section. The pigments used for the illustrations evoke the translucent palettes of the natural flowering world. I absolutely loved a collection of books of National Geographic photos. As adult, I have realized that some were roses that had been handed down and cuttings rooted. I loved Island of the Blue Dolphins and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Its no wonder I became a biologist and a Master Gardener in Illinois. I also married a landscape designer/installer. As I was a little girl I found the book named Peter Rabbit I wasnt able to understand the language , because I was too young. She chipped off a small piece and put it in a glass of water. Friday, June 10, 2022posted by 6:53 AM . As a child I was given 100 guilders , this was the Netherlands in the 70s before the Euro, and it seemed a fortune. I have always been a gardener since at least age 5 on my grandparents farm where there were beautiful flowers for me to tend. When imagining these stories and pretending outside, I was always drawn to the plants that my mom had around our home. Such a sweet book and now considered a rare, collectible golden book. Congratulations on the new book ladies! It was a safe place to be, to feel who you are deep inside, free from all the turmoil of family and the worldI longed to find that place for me and now I have it right in my own backyard! I loved choose your own adventure books! I loved books that had an elements of magic, magical powersEdward Eager comes to mind. Thanks for this chance to win a copy! I mostly loved books about adventure and animals. Animal Stories, by Thornton Burgess captured my childhood imagination in a big way, with lively stories and gorgeous artwork. Et cibo reque honestatis vim, mei ad idque iisque graecis. Well, Ive had to reach back many decades to remember the books Ive read as a child. The pink-and-white peppermint wafers bought that morning were arranged in a little bowl, cracked, but of a pretty blue color. My favorite book as a child (and still now in my 88th year) was (and is) The Secret Garden. It combined a bit of mystery with a bit of horticulture which I have always loved. I still think of these books fondly! Historical fiction has broadened my perspective of the world and causes me to have an appreciation for how far we have come in matters of social justice and equal rights. As I got a bit older I spent hours outdoors with a sketch pad drawing landscapes and horses. Her storytelling stems from her own life and the real life characters in her family and friends make these books so endearing. I was particularly obsessed with my grandparents 9 at the time) up to date Encyclopedia Britannica and their 40+ years of National Geographic. All of the Golden Books. I am a photographer now and the style photojournalism is still my favorite, finding the beauty in every day moments and places. I loved The Little Bear sries and later The Little Prince, which features a rose! Zoes book looks like inspiration I need! I spent the entire summer of 5th grade immersed in Nancy Drew books. I loved the mystery and suspense. When I was a child, I hated pulling weeds, haha. The lovely thing about fiction is that everybody comes away with a different impact from itI think, for me, its been a better appreciation and awareness of the beauty of life, basically, how to immerse myself in my own life. Its title alone has lit something in my spirit. Oddly enough I was never disappointed that the actual flower was never as perfect or dramatic as what I had seen in print, rather I was always so proud that we had grown what was once just a picture. As a child I read pretty much anything I could get my hands on, but the stories that I remember most vividly were the adventure and sci-fi/fantasies! As a young child I was enamored by books portraying animals wearing clothing living in furnished homes underground, in trees, miniature houses tucked away in the middle of forests or beautiful gardens. Although NYC was an incredible place to grow up, I longed for wider more open spaces and devoured books that took me far away from tall buildings and endless slabs of pavement. This really reminds me of sweet times in my life as a young mom. I stood there and smiled. Which books would you recommend? One of my favorite stories was about the garden fairies. I loved story books with pictures like Beautrix Potter. I was a voracious reader as a kid (still am) but that one book has stuck with me above all others. So versatile and always delicious to eat. Lots of pretty flowers in the artwork of a funny little story. I also loved seek and find books (wheres Waldo, anyone?). One of those illustrations pictured a hot summer day. My favourites were any of the Gerald Durrell books and of course Anne of Green Gables.
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