Have You Ever Seen A Flower? by Shawn Harris 🟌🟌🟌🟌🟌

"Have You Ever Seen A Flower?” takes the reader from city life into the country, and looking at flowers to becoming a flower, all in 48 pages. A girl with rainbow hair goes on a journey through a field of flowers and by the end of the book she and the flowers are one and the same. When I finished the book, I wanted to go outside and immerse myself into a flowerbed. This transformation is completed by using the readers senses, which is clever and inventive. The illustrations are cheery and colorful. Even with the introduction of blood into the story it stayed bright and lively.

I am an avid hiker and one of my best places to be is on a trail, in a field of flowers, so this book was right up my ally. I laid out 6 books for my 5-year-old granddaughter and told her to pick one this was the first one she chose. The colors in the illustrations were a big draw for her. This book totally deserves the Caldecott Honor Book award. It is a book all Nana’s should share with the grandkids.

Fun Activity: Plant a flowerbed with your child. Visit botanical garden or park in your city or town.

                                                                     

Book: Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Written By: Shawn Harris
Published In:  2021
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Age Level:  3-5 years old
AR Level: N/A
Pages: 48
Stars: 5
Award: Caldecott Honor Book -2022