It is titled Favorite Poems Old and New. It is a large collection of poetry and short essays Selected for Boys and Girls by Helen Ferris. First, I would listen tirelessly to my father reading about little Marys garden adventures; then, when I finally learned to read, I returned to that magic spot again and again. When asked to think about what kind of books I liked as a child I had to pause and dig deep into my memory. Possibly, this early exposure to art has contributed to my interests in using varying colors and textures in our gardens. What a revelation to realize that you could look for more books by an author that you loved! On a library visit, I found A Wrinkle in Time when I was in the 4th grade, and I felt like I had discovered a secret of the universe that my friends didnt know about. And now that my mom is gone, I look back on those years more fondly than ever and whisper prayers of thanks that she gave me such a powerful love of all things plants. Recently, my sister asked me for my input with designing her front landscape for her familys home. Growing up I loved the Beatrix Potter books, I feel they helped foster my love and connection with the woods and wildlife, and made me think about not just myself when planting a garden, but all those creatures who could benefit as well. But those stories stuck with me, and I still revisit them often. I memorized many of the poems and loved the beautiful drawings. The places I could explore. Learning about Zoe Field through your Instagram is especially timely as I am closing on a property in NZ today and am excited about the prospect of visiting her farm in the future. Excited to see this! As a child growing up, I loved perusing through National Geographic magazines and looking at all the amazing nature photography. However, I was always interested in the vegetable garden and the flowers that my mom grew. As a child, I was always drawn to three types of books: fiction, scientific discovery, and coffee table books. Beautiful interview! My favourites were any of the Gerald Durrell books and of course Anne of Green Gables. I especially loved the one on nature & space. My childhood favorites are Grimms Fairytales, The Lord of the Rings series, anything about fairies, and a picture book called The Seamstress of Spitz that I cant find now but that I remember had ornate detailed drawings of very fancy princess/queen dresses which I loved. I was 6 at the time. As a child I loved to get my hands on any sort of how to draw books. I saved my allowance money to buy the next new one- my grandma enabled me with extra chores. My favorite book as a child was Matilda and it helped shape me because I looked up to Ms. Honey and wanted to be just like her. Our neighbor was a childrens librarian and supplied my mom with all the most exceptional picture books in the 1940s. I found my happy place in the world of books. Life lessons! I love love love the book What Is A Whispery Secret? At 69 I still read The Secret Garden and find the same solace as a child. My older sister gave me books to read or read them to me and my Grandmother would sit and read as many books to me as I wanted! I also loved fiction stories with strong female leads. My favorite book as a child was The Giving Tree. I love nothing better than to create a fairie/ woodland environment Im my gardens and property to enjoy the adventures as much as I did. I loved Thunder Cake as a child. Two of my favorite are THE BEE TREE and JUNKYARD WONDERS. Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the like. A beautiful flower book like Lost and Found would help transport me to another region like New Zealand which I understand is incredible to visit. This love of discovery continues as I pursue every new interest! Playing in the woods with my sisters, acting out our own fairytales, are some of my favorite memories from childhood. I cannot bend over any more but sprinkle flower seeds then pray whatever God wants to grow, it grows. We were lucky enough to have beautiful illustrated books including wind in the willows, Grimms fairy tales, and a compilation of fairy tales and downhome fables like three little pigs, red riding hood, three little kittens, etc., with full color graphics, John Martins big book which had beautiful line drawings of fairies, sprites, and mythological characters all in black, white and red ink along with puzzles, games, poems and riddles that kept us occupied for hours. Absolute genius. I think this is part of why I love growing flowers in being in the dirt. She was always up to something and so was I :) thank you for sharing some of your story Zo! I have always loved and shared with my granddaughter all the books by Jill Barklem, The Brambly Hedge Series. The beautiful nature images inspired my love of flowers. "Ham, noodles, lamb. As an adult, nothing has changed! My favorite book growing up was..The Secret Garden. It inspired me to explore the woods waters and meadows of western New York to find flowers to paint my botanical watercolors .The excitement of finding beautiful treasures at every turn.that became the Secret that Im still loving as I grow .paint and photograph flowers and the pollinators. Who knew gardening and flowers would become a lifelong passion. I loved Charles Dickens books, the English country side with all their gardens. I was most interested in fantasy and fiction as a kid. One of my favorite books from childhood is A Time To Keep, by Tasha Tudor. 1: cathexis: k uh th e k s i s: 2006: Definition: 2 . My favorite book growing up was The Sunflower Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs because I loved to see the little boys passion for spreading beauty through nature and planting seeds. I never thought I could do it but each night I thanked God for the blessing of my new home and my son and husband because they have helped me figure things out! As a child I loved the magic of National Geographic magazine and spent hours looking at the pictures and exploring the world in ways that I couldnt do in real life. Lost & Found is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your favorite bookstore. I think I loved them both because it felt like you were in another world where anything could be found. As a photographer and flower lover embarking on our new flower farming adventure thanks to our Floret class, I can simply just stare at the pages of this book and the Floret books. This has changed me the most. Both my parents were botanists and I grew up growing flowers and veggies . The Secret Garden is incredible the way she discovers the northern gardens beauty and makes friends with unique people and animals really is inspiring. Its about two kids who find a pony from the island of Assateague and raise it. There is much to learn from others and Im still reading and learning lots every day! It is no wonder that I grew into an adult who has studied both horticulture and medicine, who loves nature photography, is obsessed with being outside surrounded by flowers and wildlife, and who takes every opportunity I can get to travel and explore the world. I also loved the magazine Highlights with the best part being the search of the hidden items, simialr to Lost & FOund. Posted at 09:02h . As I had daughters of my own, I read this book to each of them. I had the world at my fingertips! With cholesterol levels through the roof. Thanks for this chance to win a copy! My favorite book as a child was Bambi and I loved Thumper peaking his head out in the field of wild flowers. 4. It is beautifully illustrated in soft gentle images. To celebrate the release of Zos new book, Lost & Found, were giving away five copies. As a child, my favorite book was Charlottes Web. Read everything I could on these beautiful creatures, owned a pony at age 6, grew into a horse at age 10. Absolutely LOVE what you do Erin! I am an avid reader. I would take my book and go into isolation in the farthest corner of our apple orchard and climb my favorite tree. Today Im re reading them to my kids so the next generation can love them too! I still enjoy those types of books today. :). Thanks for blessing all of us with your beauty!!!! It was easy to fall in love with the charming characters and the turned pages kept us kids on the edge of our seat. What I realized as I had not been picking books that were interesting to me. The enchanting garden adventures along river banks filled with flowers along the paths everywhere. It helped me get through all my years of babysitting. There were so many in the series and I loved the adventures and the way she would be so curious to solve a mystery. In addition our daughter is a nurse. One of my favorite books ever was this book called The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang. These stories inspired our creativity and opened our minds to possibilities, dynamic relationships, the power of love/beauty/ determination/attitudes/perspectives/justice/patience, race and social class, and many other strong characteristics that shaped who we are today. My grand daughter helps me and it is teaching her the process. Now, I cant stand horror, but I love finding thrills in other ways: slowing down to let myself get really excited by a sunset, a flower, skiing fast through the woods on a deep powder day, dancing in the living room with my toddler and letting myself feel his exhilaration and unbridled joy. I always wanted to be brave and outgoing as Nancy Drew but alas thats not my personality but its okay! I wanted to be outdoors playing and exploring. As a very little cold, I loved Hop On Pop by Dr Seuss. It made me smile as I reached back in time to decide what I would say. As I child getting read stories from the Bible by my parents before my bedtime. The brand is set to celebrate African heritage with a touch of bespoke tailoring and modern design for gentlemen. I love the way flowers offer that same intrigue. So if anything I came to love books.and to read . I read every book I could find! I ended up getting a bachelor degree in biology and plant pathology and love studying anything related to earth science. Your book looks like a work of art! And now hes living in a garbage can with fleas. When I was young, The Secret Garden was such an inspiration & continues to be. Then someone gifted me with a huge Hans Christian Andersen and I found my vibe in not only faerie tales but also the illustrators. It was about a mother and son raccoon- I grew to love it more and more and eventually my dad got me a faux raccoon hat I would gallop around in hehe! Shes great at helping to grow them, asking the right questions, and she sees things I so often miss. There is no doubt this love of reading shaped who I am as an adult, as by expanding your knowledge you bring so much more to your experiences and the people you meet. Of course, eventually I found The Secret Garden also English -and fell in love with primroses and snow drops. That book was very worn by time I was old enough to read other books. So when my husband and I and our 3 children moved from town to 10 acres and an old farmhouse, we were ready to begin our own adventure. Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake; The Twits by Roald Dahl. This was the 1st book I wanted to read again. And that has inspired my gardening, its constant unfolding, its surprises and its sadnesses. As a child I loved mysteries with a bit of magic especially those by Ruth Chew. I can be a successful flower farmer season 2, here I come trying again! All of these books have the common theme of patience and hard work. As an adult the same holds true, with the result being wide and varied interests. My daughter has introduce me to Floret and is currently taking your course. The Bobbsey Twins were fun books to get lost in. I loved big, oversized art coffee table books I still do! I loved the DK Eyewitness books teaching about anatomy, plants, and all things related to the natural world. Ham/jeans? Needless to say, that would then shape us into children who loved to read. Alexis Skyy originally appeared in Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood and is most known for her feud with Masika Kalysha over their shared baby daddy, Fetty Wap. I was really into Stephen King when I was younger. I now carve out a bit of time for creating in my garden and reading books about plants. When I was young I dreamed of being an illustrator of those beautiful childrens books. Hoping for a beautiful Dahlia garden this year!! I also loved those I Spy books so this is a perfect combination of the two books I loved as a child! I absolutely loved books as a child and still do as an adult. The Secret Garden, of course! I still love I Spy with my Little Eye types of books, especially when shared with my grandson! My parents were constant readers. We would pretend we lived out in the woods just like the boxcar kids did, and those are some of my favorite childhood memories. food that rhymes with alexis. I grew up reading The Girl of the Limberlost, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, The Little Princess, Little House on the Prairie and The Chronicles of Narnia, among many others. I read about adventure and hard work and how horses were good for girls. I read so much as a child; some of my favorites were the series: Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and The Bobbsey Twins. I remember loving Roald Dahl, Nancy Drew, and the silly poetry of Shel Silverstein! I feel so blessed! As a child I loved riding my bike to the library. Nancy Drew Mystery Books. Later, as I grew, I enjoyed the Hardy Boys. Nancy solved mysteries and was smart, independent and stylish and a good role model for me growing up with three brothers. Thanks for a most enjoyable trip down memory lane! My existence revolves around growing plants and observing nature. Here are some common ones that you could use: Alfredo / potato / tomato Almond roca / mocha Apple / scrapple / Snapple Artichoke / Coke / egg yolk Avocado / adobado / amontillado / dorado / muscovado Baloney / cannelloni / macaroni / minestrone / pepperoni / rigatoni / spumoni Beans / greens / nectarines / sardines / tangerines Thank you for introducing us to another treasure and great interview. Thank you Floret for your guidance. Cut your rhyming pairs out and laminate if you want. Will keep NZ, Zos family and farm in our prayers. That was a lot of books! Thank you for the article and sharing this beautiful book! As a child I really enjoyed the collections of choose your own stories. As a little girl, my parents would send me to stay with my grandparents every summer. I relish any opportunity to spend time wandering the open spaces and regional wonders of my adopted Southern California, and thank the Lupine lady for inspiring me to love nature. I usually get the jars back with sweet notes and sometimes they are filled with whats in their gardens, or lots of herbs. I read a lot as a kid and was always happy when a book was part of a series: The Chronicles of Narnia; the Swallows and Amazons series; Lad, a Dog and all the other books about Lad; the Mother West Wind Series. The photos in Lost and Found are lovely! I loved Richard Scarry books as a child, Busy Town, What People do All Day and his Super Silly Seek and Find books, they were all so busy with so much detail in the pictures. Ive read this with my own kids many times! Every child in every grade planted one seed. One of my favorite gifts ever. Growing up I had a fascination with fairies and woodland creatures. Win or not, I need this book. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, was a favorite since it was read to me in grade school. Harold and the Purple Crayon was my absolute favorite. Adventure and fantasy stories were my favorite growing up. The magical descriptions are what got me hooked! I still love them. I bought 2 important books , one to read and one to write in. Even biographies! I loved any book filled with goodness and beauty and read them over and over! Theres magic in the world around us, and I see this with my children when they play. Zoes book looks magical! I am the only one in my extended family who has a library of books. Some of my favorites were mysteries, especially the Nancy Drew detective series. Any book that allowed me to escape into a different world where family was enjoyable. When I moved to the states at 10, I read my first book (Harry Potter) and that opened my interest in reading and fantasy! Heck, I still love a good adventure story.They fuel my love of travel, visiting new places and help me see my own familiar places in a different light. I especially remember a book I had of fish that I would look at over and again. Shes a woman that loved and understood children. I love gardens and painting flowers. I fell in love with The Magic Pudding stories by Norman Lindsay in Australia. As a kid my love for gardening came from my Moms passion for her vegetable garden. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. This gave me hope as a young child that I would have a different story than my parents. As a child, I was drawn to stories of nature and animals. Or hope to come across a squirrel that could talk. I love the magic. I had to go to tutors for several years. It was always hysterical fun to see who found an item first. Where the sidewalk Ends was a great warning about adulthood- where to draw the line. I am new to growing flowers and it is so fun to see them pop out of the ground to blooming. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? We loved to watch visitors try their hand at searching for him. Thanks for sharing you time with Zoe with us. My favorite books as a horse crazy child were the Black Stallion books by Walter Farley. Those are some seriously dreamy photos! And now as an adult, I am most happy in the wild places and on our small farm, conversing with the plants and animals of a place. Comments. I hope to add it to my collection! I now have 2 Kune Kune pigs (the breed is originally from New Zealand !) Type any word here to find all the words that rhyme with it, 2023 Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com. Its respectful to take care as we visit these places. I imagined the small animals holed up in their dens, the countrysides, the farms and the colorful cast of characters both animals and humans. My name is Maddy so I always had an easy time pretending I was her. It will be a book I read to my kids. I loved Nancy Drew books and to this day still enjoy a good mystery . Thank you, Erin, for this wonderful interview and for brining Zoes story to us. Its those passions and inward longings that keep me pressing on.
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