"Twenty-four haiku / link flowers and mindfulness / in every season! In the same spirit as her My Mindful A to Zen: 26 Wellbeing Haiku for Happy Little Minds (2021), Patel-Sage addresses readers with haiku that only seem to be about flowers: 'Snowdrop,' for instance--'Pushing up through snow / these delicate flowers are / stronger than they look'--likely refers obliquely to a child using a wheelchair in the accompanying illustration. Similarly, a child poses heroically in front of 'proud and confident' hollyhocks, the value of 'Borage' as a companion plant is reflected in the intimate glance two young gardeners exchange, and cherry blossoms 'gently fall like a / joyful springtime gift' over one child receiving a folded paper crane from another. Along with being racially and culturally diverse, the smiling, wide-eyed cast includes a youngster using a prosthetic limb, an adult couple of ambiguous gender in a Christmas scene, and what appears to be a same-sex couple in a Hindu-style wedding. 'Floral Fun Facts' about some of the selected flowers at the end add light doses of lore and natural science. A bright bouquet of poems, petals, and values."--Kirkus Reviews.
Watch Me Bloom : A Bouquet of Haiku Poems for Budding Naturalists