Flora's Surprise [Hardcover]

Debi Gliori (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003 | Age Level: 4 and up

Flora's brothers and sisters tease her when she "plants" a brick in a flowerpot and insists that she's growing a house.

It's springtime, and Flora's family is busy planting flowers and vegetables. "Why don't you grow something?" says Flora's Dad. "Some pretty flowers?" says Flora's mom. But Flora finds a brick and puts it in a flowerpot, insisting that it will one day become a house. Of course, her brothers and sisters laugh. But Flora has the last laugh in the following spring, when she discovers that a bird has made its home in her flowerpot.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-Flora, the youngest rabbit in the family, watches as her siblings do their spring planting. When her parents encourage her to participate, Flora decides to plant a brick in a pot so she can grow a house. Her family's flowers bloom and their vegetables are eaten, but to Flora's great disappointment and her family's gentle amusement, her brick remains a brick. In the cozy and satisfying conclusion, the family emerges from their burrow in spring and finds that Flora's brick has indeed become a house-a bird has chosen her pot to make a nest. Gliori's bright, cheerful, full-color watercolor-and-ink art fills the spreads with the lush abundance of spring, summer, and fall gardens. Each illustration is full of homey details that children will want to pore over. With a few lines of text per page, this story is perfect for sharing with groups or one-on-one. The ending will be as much a surprise for readers as it is for Flora. Brick solid!-Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Orchard (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439455901
• ISBN-13: 978-0439455909
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 9.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,224,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple and charming full-color picturebook, June 10, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flora's Surprise (Hardcover)

Flora's Surprise! is a simple and charming full-color picturebook written and illustrated by Debi Gliori. Flora the rabbit and her family are all busy planting different things - but while the other rabbits plant seeds, Flora plants a brick and waits and waits for it to grow into a house. A twist ending complements this upbeat and confidently recommended picturebook story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To thine own self be true, March 21, 2003

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kennedy19 "kennedy19" (wakefield, ma USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flora's Surprise (Hardcover)

This engaging picture book for preschool-grade K is one of Gliori's best. Flora rabbit and her older siblings go to work in the garden. While the siblings plant seeds for flowers and vegetables, Flora plants a brick in a flowerpot which she claims will blossom into a house, despite warnings to the contrary. When spring comes, the garden is all in bloom, and it turns out that Flora was right too - her flowerpot has a bird in a nest living on it! Kids will enjoy the gentle humor of this tale, and will identify with Flora having to stick up for herself when her elders dismiss her ideas. The garden pictures are warm and colorful too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Flora's Suprise, December 5, 2009

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A. Salgado (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flora's Surprise (Hardcover)

I bought Flora's Blanket for my daughter so I wanted to get another book from this author. She makes good,fun books for kids.
The copy I received was in better condition then I expected. Because under the description it said it was a paperback copy and the
copy I got was a hardcover. No problems with it at all everything was great. Thanks!