Flowers Are Calling

by Rita Gray (Author) Kenard Pak (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Flowers are calling to all the animals of the forest, "Drink me!"--but it's the pollinators who feast on their nectar. In rhyming poetic form and with luminous artwork, this book shows us the marvel of natural cooperation between plants, animals, and insects as they each play their part in the forest's cycle of life.
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Publishers Weekly

The team behind Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? returns to explore the way flowers seem to "call" to certain pollinator species in order to propagate. Gray's rhymes use poetic red herrings of a sort to engage readers: "Flowers are calling a desert deer./ No, not a deer! He can't even get near./ They're calling a nectar bat to flap over here." Pak's digitally altered watercolors capture a wide range of flora and fauna, from delicate Queen Anne's lace to pale moonflowers that attract moths by night. It's a sophisticated blend of scientific information and artistry. Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Fiona Kenshole, Transatlantic Literary Agency. Illustrator's agent: Kirsten Hall, Catbird Productions. (Mar.)

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Review quotes

"Pak's pretty, digitally worked watercolors achieve equilibrium between stylized reduction and naturalistic verisimilitude."
—Kirkus

"A sophisticated blend of scientific information and artistry."
—Publishers Weekly

"Beautifully subdued watercolor and digital media illustrations, at times reminiscnet of Jon Klassen's work, will draw readers into the text about symbiotic relationship between flowers and their pollinators."
—Booklist
Rita Gray
Rita Gray is the author of several acclaimed picture books including Flowers Are Calling and Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?. She lives in New York City. Visit her website at www.ritagrayreads.com.

Kenard Pak is an acclaimed picture book illustrator and has also worked for Dreamworks and Walt Disney Animation. He lives in San Francisco. Visit his website at www.pandagun.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780544340121
Lexile Measure
570
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
March 03, 2015
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF037040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Trees & Forests
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF016000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Curiosities & Wonders
JNF051050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Biology
JNF037030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Flowers & Plants
Library of Congress categories
Insects
Animals
Stories in rhyme
Plants
Flowers
Pollination

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