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"With rare plants to find, a dead sister who keeps bringing her coffee, and another sister whose anger fills the sky with lightning, Sage doesn't have time for romance. Sage Flores has an affinity for plants, but it wasn't enough to save her younger sister Sky's life. She ran from the tragedy, only to return to her hometown eight years later. Like slipping into an old, comforting sweater, Sage takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company and uses...
2) Sourgrass
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Sofia and May find a way to keep their special friendship alive when May moves away.
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The loner Maddie Dragonette prefers to spend her time in her greenhouse, where she grows rare plants that can cause pain. However, she does love theater--but when she is passed over for a part in the school play, her anger grows wild, like her plants. Then, Maddie goes out of control.
7) Good things
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Malcolm lives with his dad and grandmother and soaks up everything his dad says and teaches him about the plants in their home. When his father dies, his plants, which now belong to Malcolm, also suffer, and Malcolm must find a way to remember one of his dad's favorite sayings, "Good things take time." Includes a glossary of plant terms.
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"It is spring and the seeds in the ground are ready to sprout. They all grow tall and straight except for one, who needs some more time. When this seedling is finally ready, she finds that other plants have already blocked the sunshine. The little seedling won't give up, however, and searches for a place to grow and blossom. A heart-warming story about growing up and having the courage to find your own path"--Back cover.
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Spring rains change Water from a tumbling creek to a roaring river and bring Tree nutrients it needs to stretch toward the sky. As Sun's rays intensify, the sprouts and fruits and insects of the forest grow and bloom and develop, all working together in harmony. Even Fire, whose work causes Tree to ache from the inside, brings opportunity for the next generation of flora and fauna. Paired with the vivid, organic imagery of Dominique Ramsey, Liz Garton...
10) Love grows
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"Told through a series of poetic letters, this charming celebration of family, plants and boundless love follows a little girl who receives her very own plant baby from her aunt, a gift that helps her bloom and grow, just as the love for her aunt blossoms as well"--
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"Vincent is staying with his aunt Mimi for the summer while his mom recuperates from surgery. Mimi's drab city neighborhood, complete with an empty dirt lot across the street, doesn't seem too promising. But then Vincent meets Toma, a boy who lives nearby, and things start looking up. Mimi has a mysterious box of 'dirt balls' in her apartment. When she asks Vincent to get rid of them, the fun Vincent and Toma have throwing them into the lot becomes...
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What do we learn from plants when we listen to them speaking? Indigenous plantsman Nicholas Hummingbird calls on the legacy of his great-grandparents to remember how one drop of rain, one seed, one plant can renew a cycle of hope and connection--for him and for each of us.