A SPRING BOUQUET OF BOOKS

Flowers have often had a role in books, and they are often the subject of books as well. Here are some for your enjoyment..

Non Fiction

Dictionary of the Flowering
plants and ferns
Ref. QK11.W53 1966

Ford, Gertrude. A Rose
by any name. PR2947.
O9 F58

Gibson, William. Eye Spy: Afield with
nature among flowers and animate things.
QH81.G41

Holmes, Anita Flowers for you: Blooms for
every month. SB419.2.H65 1993

Schories, Pat. Over under in the garden: An
alphabet book. SB406.5.S34 1996

St. Bonaventure. The little flowers of St.
Francis BX4700.F61 S5

Toedt. Iris McClellan. Tiger lilies, toad
stools and Thunderbolts : engaging K-
8 students with poetry.
LB1575.T54 2002

Urban, Emil Nolde. Flowers and animals
ND1964.N6 U713 1966

Fiction

Barney, Helen C. Green Rose of
Furley. PZ4.B259 Gr

Barrett, William. The lilies of the
field. PS3503..A62873 L5

Buck, Pearl. Peony. PS3503.U198 P4

Cleaver, Vera & Bill. Where the lilies
bloom. PZ7.C57926 Wh 1974

Costain, Thomas. The Black Rose.
PS3505.O818.B5

De Lorris, Guilluame and de Meun, Jean
The Romance of the Rose. PQ1528.A46

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose.
PQ4865.C6 N615 1984

Greene, Graham. Travels with my aunt
PR6013.R44 T63. (Dahlias play a part in
the story)

Kerr, Jean. Please don’t eat the daisies.
PS3521.E744 Z53

Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon PS3561.E769 F56 1990z


Leguin, Ursula. The Compass Rose .
PS3562.E42 Co 1982.

Mathis, Sharon Bell. Teacup full of Roses
PZ7.M4284 Te 1987

Miller, Vassar. Onions and Roses.
PS3525.I5635 O5

Thomas, Joyce Carol, ed. A Gathering of
flowers: stories about being young in Amer
ica PZ6.O3165 1992.

Turner, Ann. Red Flower goes West.
PZ7.T8535 Rf 1995

Turner, Jamie Langston. A Garden to
keep. PS3570.U717 G3 2001

Washington, Mary Elen. Black-eyed
Susans/midnight birds. Stories by and
about black women PS647.A35 B57 1990

Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose.
PS3575.O43 B75 2002

Biography
Keyes, Francis Parkinson. The Rose
and the Lily: the lives and times of
two South American saints.
BX4700.R6 K4

Other “bouquet books” in other libraries.

Alcott, Louisa May. Under the Lilacs.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden

Greenaway, Kate. The Language of Flowers

Lisle, Janet. The Lost Flower Children

Lobel, Arnold. The Rose in my Garden


Oliveira, Carmen L. Rare and common
place flowers: the story of Elizabeth
Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares
PQ9698.25.L4816 F513 2002.

Thomson, David. Rosebud. The story
of Orson Welles. PN1998.3.W45 56
1995