Reviews for Wildflower ABC

The average rating for Wildflower ABC based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-19 00:00:00 Luis Carvo Self-taught artist Diana Pomeroy, whose illustrations are created using a distinctive potato print method, returns to the picture-book form in this follow-up to her debut, One Potato: A Counting Book of Potato Prints . Here the focus is on the alphabet, and on the beautiful wildflowers of North America. Each page contains a letter in the alphabet, represented in both upper and lower cases, and a flower whose name begins with that letter. The alphabetic bouquet begins with asters and ends with Zigadenus fremontii (better known as camas). The book concludes with an afterward giving more information about each of the twenty-six flowers... I had never heard of Pomeroy, or of Wildflower ABC: An Alphabet of Potato Prints, when I happened to pass it on display at my local library (blessedly now open again!) the other day. I was struck by the gorgeous front cover, and intrigued by the idea of print-making using potatoes (in carved stamp form, I presume?), and immediately picked it up. I'm so glad I did, as I greatly appreciated the beautiful artwork, as well as the more detailed information in the afterword. The former reveals a true eye for beauty, and the latter a love of the natural world. The rear dust-jacket blurb about the creator mentions that Pomeroy worked for many years as a welder in the Seattle shipyards, which is also impressive. If I had to hazard a guess, the vast majority of our children's books are created by comfortably middle or upper-class writers and artists, making this volume from a self-taught working-class woman especially welcome. I'm only sorry that this second book, published back in 1997, appears to have been her last. Recommended to anyone looking for beautiful alphabet books, as well as to those seeking children's books featuring wildflowers.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-21 00:00:00 Mikhail Zhilenkov This abc book was an okay read. I did not think that it was anything special, and frankly kind of boring. The book could be or any elementary age. In a classroom it could be used to introduce a wildflower topic or just abc books in general. The class could create their own wildflower abc book by researching and collaborating with other students.