Shawn Harris, Have you ever seen a flower?
I mean ... really see a flower?’ asks the small, colourful protagonist of this nature book. The child runs from the grey city to the colourful countryside with his little dog and quizzes the reader with a series of questions, questions that are used to find out whether one ‘really’ knows a flower. No vases, bouquets or synthetic reproductions, the question is simple, but not at all trivial: have you ever seen a flower in its habitat? Because to see this flower you have to discover it in all its facets, with every available sense, in its original environment.
The book presses the reader with a series of questions, which are perfect for reading aloud. The young listeners, through the questions in the book, will look at the beautiful pencil drawings and try to understand whether they ‘really’ saw this flower. Reading this book about nature in the middle of a forest or on a picnic on a flower meadow will enable the little one to carry out many activities, following the questions in the book.
Have you seen a flower? is a powerful book that leads children to reflect and discover the world around them with every available sense, exploring the green and nature, but also understanding that, in so many ways, every living being is similar and must be respected.