"Flora and the Flamingo" is a Caldecott Honor and it's easy to see why. The pictures are exquisite, which comes from Molly Idle's past of being an artist first and then doing picture books. With it's wordless feature, the pictures do a great job of telling the story of a friendship that developed...
Idle, M. S. (2013). Flora and the flamingo. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.Category: WordlessPlace found: Barnes N NobleThis vibrant gem of a book caught my attention due to all the pink! Unlike books such as Pinkalicious, this is a wordless picture book that tells a story of a girl trying to...
Flora and the Flamingo is wordless picture book that shoes Flora and her flamingo doing an interpretative dance. The two work together in perfect unison and create a lovely story with no words needed. To add to the pictures there is also flaps that help to tell the story. It shows a beautiful fri...
This story reminded me a lot of cartoons from the '60s and '70s wherein there is a narrator whose words tend not to accurately depict the action in the pictures, which makes the story very funny. The palette is made up of fairly neutral colors, which fits with the outdoor/camping theme. The add...