Written by Noel Kingsbury and illustrated by Charlotte Day

Throughout history, flowers have been an integral part of human survival and culture – as food, for medicine, to express feelings, to commemorate and celebrate, and to decorate. Their shapes, colors, scents and textures attract us, as they do animals and insects. Flowers are used as luxury spices (saffron), and as coloring and flavoring agents – marigolds fed to chickens make their eggs more yellow and lavender was Elizabeth I's favorite jam. Flowers are full of symbolic meaning: violets represent modesty, daises purity and daffodils unrequited love. And they have always played an important role in culture through myths and legends, literature and the decorative arts.

This delightful  book brings together 100 of the world's flowers to tell their remarkable stories. Each flower is richly illustrated in color and accompanied by facts about each species and what role it has played in our culture and history.

Hardcover, 216 pages