All filled with inquisitive creatures and delightful illustrations. A cold, cloudy day as the suns rays slowly emerge, with the hope of warmth and rebirth, I am reminded of one of my favorite stories as a child, The Secret Garden. Basil E Frankweiler, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH- All vastly different, all equally wonderful! But my most favorite of the Dr Seuss boom was the Dictionary in Spanish and English. I loved choose your own adventure books! I fell in love with reading thanks to my 6th grade teacher Ms Savard. She met a lot of different people along the way. My favorite style of fiction now is Historical Fiction. Hi from NE Oregon. Paper dolls book of the Kennedy family were a lot of fun. Now Im a homemaker and stay at home mom that lives in the country where my husband and I are starting our own little farm. Also, I loved The Secret Garden story and how it depicted a transformation of nature and its effects on people, thus my joy of sharing flowers began. Books and flowers what else could you want really. I hope they helped me with my love of the Lord. I loved having one story read a night to me from the giant fairy tale book. It was recently re-released and when I read the news about the censorship, I took some time to think about the symbolism and motifs behind The Big Friendly Giant and Sophie. I still love the outdoors and have hobbies like beekeeping and gardening so it must have influenced me that way. The dairy fairy will come and make your wish come true! Her life in that attic fascinated me. My favorite books growing up were the Little House on the Prairie series, hands-down! I loved fairy tales. I grew up in a large family (nine siblings!) , As a child I loved Nancy Drew books and still love mysteries as an adult. Would love to win a book, not sure if we can from Canada. I loved her sense of adventure and playing in the outdoors. The Secret Garden transformed each character with the healing only a garden can bring. I would say its starting to become easier with more seed suppliers and nurseries catching onto the trends. was called Summer at Buckhorn. There was always work to do so reading wasnt focused upon except for our school work. I loved Nancy Drew books and any type of mystery book! These creatures, usually horses or dogs, often overcame great hardship in order to find their way home or win that race. There was an element of sentimentality but also often a sense of adventure and wonder. All of these books have strong young female protagonists that love nature, love learning and creating and best of all, adventuring. My favorite book from my childhood was called The Little Kitten. I do remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird in my high school years and loving it. I still have many of them. I read everything I could get my hands on as a child. I now carve out a bit of time for creating in my garden and reading books about plants. I was that kid that stayed up way too late on a school night to read my latest volume. It wasnt until looking back for this comment that I realized how much they had shaped my life. I remember being in 6th grade and crying myself to bed over a funny book. I was always drawn to magical illustrations. Growing up I always loved Dr. Seuss books. Thank you for the romp down memory lane! or Poodles/bread? Even if children shout out before you say the second possible pair ( in this case poodles/bread), still tell them, adding something like, I just want to make sure, and the best way is to say the words and listen.. A favorite of mine is The Secret Garden, and I love the beautiful way that finding the garden and nurturing it brought healing to so many. I always loved the ones with the best pictures. Amelias Notebook series were my favorites, loved the inner monologue style and the charming illustrations! Show all. This book has helped me to value myself, who never fit in, and others even if we dont see eye to eye, theres something unique and special about everyone to appreciate. Thank you for all your good work! I sped through the Goosebumps series at the library and then was left hunting for more ways to get that safe, scary thrill of reading a horror novel. My cant recall these childhood books by name but I am forever indebted to the knowledge building blocks they gave me. Thanks for this interactive book. Adventure and fantasy stories were my favorite growing up. This has carried on through my adult years and theyre still my favorite books to read. I think it helped me to appreciate the simple in life and Im very grateful for that now as an adult! As a kid, I loved adventure books, especially ones that took my imagination to far off places. Any story that could spark wonder about worlds just beyond our reach or perhaps not, with some imagination. As a child I was a voracious reader- anything I could get my hands in really. They are wordless seek-and-find books, and timelessly delightful for both kids and adults. Ive fallen in love with other genres since then, but still have a love for anything extraordinarily imaginative. I read the Boxcar Children series to my children and now my grandchildren. Thank you for sharing. probably because I felt so out of the loop myself. There was a mother who baked fabulous pies and put them on the window sill to cool. I loved to read historical and regular fantasy. She noticed the rolling hills and had the greatest idea. Needless to say, that would then shape us into children who loved to read. All the different animals going about their busy lives. I loved all sorts of books as a child and the library was a thing of wonder to me. One of my favorite books was Mairelon the Magician. I fell in love with this story about the Mary Call Luthor, an orphaned teen who is struggling to raise her two younger siblings (and avoid government services breaking up the family) in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina in the early 1970s. Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, & the Babysitters Club. This book is gorgeous!!!! When I was a child, I hated pulling weeds, haha. They are some of the first books I bought for my daughter. and I was always little more quirky (still am) and those books really helped me realize that not everyone fits in the same box. If I wanted to enjoy the flowers that I loved so much, I needed to venture out into the neighborhood to investigate. To this day, it has helped me understand peoples customs better. I dont think there were any books that directly contributed to that, but its more of an evolution of my love of circles and patterns which I do think may have some root in the physical shape of lens on my cameras, so maybe it is all connected. Today I still look for the mysteries of each day to be solved on the next page of living! Years later, after college, I was still not reading in my leisure. She bought so much acres of farmland to protect nature, everytime she was a great lover of flowers. And you fare forth in your splendor, My mother, a life long gardener, as was my grandmother, gave me the book. The illustration brought me to a world where animals wore smocks & tailcoats & spoke & I loved every bit of them. 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. I loved books about the outdoors, animals, and how the human body worked. As an adult, I can read the books with my children and it gives me a lot of gratitude for modern comforts like toilets and running water! Any time there was a description of a lovely garden, I was instantly hooked and enamored by the story. Books are such a wonderful gift. My favorite books were Enid Blytons The Magic Faraway Tree and the Enchanted Wood. My newest hobby is flowers so this book would be much enjoyed by my daughters and I. I loved books that showed the strength and compassion of children. It taught me that you shouldnt use up the things/people you love and enjoy. When I was young, I played, I did not read. Ive been an avid reader my whole life. Its not that I loved their stories I dont even remember them now like I do other beloved books =) but the way they showed that decisions have consequences to think carefully and choose wisely and that sometimes even when you do, things still go sideways thats has a pretty significant influence. I still am. I still collect tons of books as an adult and I believe its an addiction. Still love finding new authors to read and puzzles mull over. Want to know what rhymes with alexis? 100 Dresses. As a child, I was introduced to the Bible story books by Arthur Maxwell. I still have the book on my self and its illustrations still inspire me to live amongst the flowers and birds! Posted at 09:02h . 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. To have a girl identified protagonist who didnt fit in and learned to both feel entitled to and manage her anger at the wrongs of the world was very impactful. Im sure I read others, but those came to mind first. Vincent Van Gogh wrote Color itself speaks a language, you cannot live without it.. As I garden, I still imagine that magic and fairies and gnombes hiding everywhere. The illustrations are completely magical, where children play in forests live in hollowed trees, discovers flowers, scavenge for berries and befriend animals. I still have them. I feel like that has definitely followed me into adulthood as my interests vary widely and I like to learn new things. My dad introduced me to Madeleine LEnglea A Wrinkle In Time as a young teen, and I was hooked on Sci-Fi for life! Thanks for this chance to win a beautiful book! He became a master gardener and together we spent many fun days in his gardens and later in mine. Magic + adventure series called to me, and still do! Cu alii malis albucius duo, in eam ferri dolores periculis. Ctait pas mal les seules livres que nous avions la maison. I still read them today. The bravery to run away from an abusive situation and take off on a raft with a runaway slave was fascinating to me! Probably the first book I read was the Secret Garden, but I loved the imagination behind James and the Giant Peach. I want to find a rhyme for the word. I still have my dads copy of Crockets and its the first book my son and I turn to for houseplant questions. It made waiting for the bell to go home for the day short order. Of course I wanted to be Jo but my personality was more like Beth. All of her books are outstanding. My favorite books as a child were, The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. That has always stuck with me as a reminder of what truly matters in life. think they have taught me to be aware of all around me- really enjoy people watching and nature watching. I adored the Narnia books. I loved Shel Silverstein and his illustrations. Her love of flowers & nature & imagination drew me right in. Zoes book looks like inspiration I need! Now the two share a daughter, Alaiya Grace, who was born three months premature earlier this year. Tender books about children living in difficult situations who taught others to love more easily taught me to have more compassionate eyes for others. Im doing the same thing again as a life coach. I have long-admired Zo from afar and am dying to visit her farm in person someday. This will require mats, lights, and action! This is a beautiful interview with stunning photography! Growing up I had a fascination with fairies and woodland creatures. I grew up reading and gardening with my father. Try not to skip not to lose muscle.#workout #postworkout #food" They were cute books when I was young but now I appreciate the way they lived and what they said. I am so glad I found your show and followed it through. But My books today are very different and definitely include anything about flowers, biographies of interesting people from the past, and anything to increase my emotional and spiritual wisdom. We reached out to Zo to see how we could help and here is her response. Both of us took to heart the advice Miss Rumphius declared we should all do which is to make the world more beautiful. I enjoyed reading books about dogs and war. For me it symbolized gazing into something small and creating a world. Go Orange. It sounds like I need this book! Her storytelling stems from her own life and the real life characters in her family and friends make these books so endearing. Quand jtais petite mon premier livre que jai aim tais mon livre de franais de premires anne .il y avait limage de la phrase qui tait crite et cela me fascinais ,car je navais jamais vu de livre avant il ny en avais pas chez moi, mais quand jai eu mes enfants (4) nos livres prfrs taient ceux de Beatrix Porter avec des desseins magnifiques pour accompagner de jolies histoires. The story about Queen Esther has been my favorite. "Bacon, bacon, sizzling hot. Beautiful book! Chicken soup with rice book along with it being sung by Carole King. I lived on a farm and I spent most of my time out doors and with my horses. My friends tell me I should make calendars, but I never really thought I was that good. They were an exciting outlet as a boy. I have been creating landscape gardening for many years and I can always find an new inspiration to my designs. Kitchen play is a free choice favorite, and we love talking about favorite foods and what we make at home with our families. I feel like she really helped change the flower landscape here, making it that much easier for us to get our hands on those special varieties that we could only ever dream about before. All beautiful .. As a child we had a set of encyclopedias (Ive just dated myself), I loved paging them to find obscure facts. Dreams do come true! It made me want to visit the islands, which still to this day hold their annul Pony Penning Week where they round up wild ponies and swim them across the channel between the islands to be auctioned off (only some; for population control). I loved The Boxcar Children, The Secret Garden, then Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew mysteries. Kind of like Zoes arrangements, I could spend hours searching through the photos for tiny details. I almost soley borrowed natural history books, the ones where each was full of pictures on different topics like minerals, trees, oceans, from the library. Enjoying the beauty and artistry of it all. Great interview Erin! 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. Recently, that inspired me to start my own flower garden. The hotel would have arrangements for the lobbies delivered weekly and working in catering I have seen fantastic arrangements at weddings, birthday and anniversary celebrations. Beautiful interview! As for our farm, we count ourselves lucky, our family is safe as is our flower field perched on the top of a hill, however, the river flats of our property were hit by flood waters. Its so hard to choose, but I think The Beekeeper flat-lay is my favorite. We see the world through the eyes of this small creature who would fit in your hand. She has been my book! Her farm and the photos are gorgeous and I would love to visit one day. Although my part of the country got off very lightly, the cyclone was very devastating for those in Northland and where Zoe lives on the East Coast. I grew up loving everything about the land and the beauty it encompassed. I suspect Im not the only one on this thread who was profoundly influenced by The Secret Garden. Now in my 60s I do have a beautiful garden that my husband has built for me. My mom read us a variety of books while we were growing up and instilled in me a love of reading and reading a wide variety of topics, I loved The Boxcar Children series as a child. I named it and climbed it almost every day. It was so treasured that I have it in my cedar chest and would bring it out occasionally to read to my kids. The Giving Tree was one of my favorite books as a child. As a child I loved The Boxcar Children and imagined what it would be like using my creativity to make a life in the cool woods! I have an area in my garden that is hidden and magical. I was enchanted by the book The Color Kittens as a child. Later on when I was able to understand the language I loved the storys and the wonderful pictures painted by Beatrix Potter. They had these line drawn pictures with all sorts of crazy stuff hidden. Then to find out when I got older how the Lion represented Christ and entire storyline was a salvation message, that made me like the book even more. Tii hi is book looks stunning!! Will always love a good mystery. I remember playing with the flowers. Then you're in the right place! Now I read plant books and gain information on different varieties and a glimpse into that world. I imagined people revisiting the pages and each time finding something they may have overlooked, the page revealing itself more with each viewing. As a child, the Anne books or classics like the Secret Garden and the Little Princess were enchanting to me. Two of my favorite are THE BEE TREE and JUNKYARD WONDERS. The books I read to my children are the titles I currently resonate with and to choose one is a challenge. Lewis and I treasured a copy of The Wizard of Oz I have from the 1950s. Precious moments ! I was about 7 years old, and to this day I still remember how deeply her story touched me. 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. Now, I love growing and photographing flowers too, I think it keeps me sane and being a gardener always give you something to look forward to. Wasnt much of a readern though, because I was more likely to be found outside on my many adventures! Growing up my favorite books to read were the V.C. I loved to read as a child and my Mom would take us to the library each week to pick up another batch of amazing stories. I loved reading about peoples lives and learning from them as a child. Im a veterinarian now. I save jars and glass bottles and leave simple arrangements by the mailbox for neighbors and walkers as they go by. What a great idea for a book. I have shared this passion with all my grandchildren. I loved books filled with photographs of letters formed from the environment. It has helped me as an adult to be able to look for the good in every situation. Pop your plate on the tray. Fern and Charlotte both had such kind hearts and helped save Wilbers life. When asked to think about what kind of books I liked as a child I had to pause and dig deep into my memory. I hope and pray that these stories that are read to them make a huge impact on their lives as my mothers time reading to me did on mine! My library was within walking distance and I spent a lot of time there. The Best of Skagit Valley: A Visitors' Guide. Had many. I definitely agree with Zo, I loved seek and find books as a child as well. 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. Today, Im excited to publish a new interview with Zo and get the opportunity to share about her work and wonderful book with you, which is a must-add to your flower library. And on that farm he had some vegetables, e-i-e-i-o. My favorite book as a child was Geraldine Belinda by Marguerite Henry. [Rhymes] Lyrics and poems Near rhymes Synonyms . When I was a child I had a full set of Beatrix Potter books, and later my mom gave me an young persons version of an autobiography of her life. These kinds of books have helped shape me by showing me how to be strong and determined despite many other social messages telling me otherwise and also how important it is to me to be connected to the earth in intuitive and creative ways. That all changed in fourth grade when, while dusting, I opened up an original Nancy Drew my grandmother had given me (think WWII-era) to see what it was about. Another stand out for me was the Secret Garden, the first time flowers and magic reeled me in to a beautiful story. As an adult, I still love stories with a good landscape in them. So thats when I decided Im going to start a garden of flowers for the village that helped me when I needed them the most ! This book looks dreamy!! God bless you and your farm. Francie breathed the warm air, watched the dancing leaf shadows, ate the candy and took sips of the cooled water in-between reading the book. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. I remember a baby orangutan in a big bowl getting a bath on one cover. As an adult, I was lucky enough to find and purchase a sweet, quaint early 1900s farmhouse and its my little girl dreams come true. They provided me a much needed escape from whatever adult world I was stuck in. Pets need plenty of protein and nutrients, 1. Theres nothing better than my hands in the soil, planting and watching the resulting beauty emerge. To this day I am a voracious reader but spend more time in cooking and gardening books. The book is beautiful. Piggle Wiggle series because I loved her kindness and the magic! Books that foster a creative imagination are so important! He suggested a book called Kane and Abel. Oh how I dreamed about having a garden like that! And I still love this book today! My grandfather grew many beautiful roses on a tiny suburban lot in NJ, and decades and three moves later I still have one of his roses growing in my Virginia yard. As a little girl my favourite book was an Enid Blyton fairy chapter book, I loved the magic within and would often make my own fairy gardens to match the stories. Fast forward today, I am now a grandmother and living in Minnesota. Later, when searching for a new home for my husband and I, we chose a home (I should say I chose) where the yard in back felt like a secret garden hideaway (again because it was so overgrown). :). Over the years I have learned how important color and pictures play into my creativity, jumpstart my imagination and affect how I perceive the world. 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. I think my favorite one was Henry Huggins and the Clubhouse. That has never faded and I dont think it ironic that I now own and operate a thriving horse farm filled with Thoroughbreds!

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