Welcome Flower Child by Brigette Barrager
Published by Random House Children's Books on January 5, 2021
ISBN: 9781984830395
Pages: 42
Genres: Fiction in Verse/Poetry
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This is a difficult book to define – could be poetry, could be informational, but the CIP states fictional (E). It is described on Amazon as “A beautiful gift book that reveals the meaning of birth flowers for babies born each month of the year.” The book begins “Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, make this world a beautiful garden.” Readers will learn all about the flowers for each month which are accompanied by four rhyming lines that describe the month and an “uplifting horoscope” for children born in that month. The verses are rather mundane but affirming. Fairies with a variety of skin tones fly about the gorgeous garden scenes. Children will enjoy finding their birth flowers and this book could be used during Story Time to reinforce months of the year and birthdays.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library