Among nature's perennial delights are the multihued wildflowers that grace field and forest, roadside and riverbank with their uncultivated beauty. Dazzling in their variety of form and color, they offer a true garden of earthly delights -- pleasing to the eye and comforting to the spirit.
Now lovers of wildflowers can color a bouquet of floral favorites in this charming book. In detailed, accurate drawings, nature illustrator Ilil Arbel has rendered 44 familiar wildflowers: yellow flag, downy lobelia, bittersweet nightshade, wild hyacinth, spring beauty, bunchberry, fringed gentian, showy evening primrose, mayapple, common yarrow, showy tick trefoil, wild bleeding heart, ivy-leaved morning glory, meadow rose, yellow iris, globe thistle, wild calla, desert marigold, and many more.
Each flower is shown in color on the covers. In addition, captions give plants' height, coloring, common and botanical names, and other information. The result is an informative guide that offers not only hours of coloring enjoyment but also an excellent way for flower lovers to learn to recognize and identify many species. Favorite Wildflowers Coloring Book also represents a fine source of royalty-free illustrations for artists and craftspeople.
Target Age: 8-14
Dover Nature Coloring Book
Pub Date: July 09, 1991
0.29" H x 10.91" L x 8.24" W
48 pages
paperback