Flower Power: The Magic of Nature's Healers

Take on a journey through the world of healing flowers. Olaf Hajek's art is familiar to many adults. Now young readers can enjoy his work while learning about the health benefits of flowers they encounter every day.Accompanying each painting are texts that explore various cultural and medicinal aspects of the flowers as well as their importance to artists, writers, and healers. As they learn how iris roots were used to alleviate teething pain in babies and how poppy plants led to the invention of the salt shaker, kids will also get to know a garden's worth of blooms--from wild roses to carnations and peonies to marigolds.