Ouma’s amazing
flowers

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Ouma’s amazing flowers
Illustrated by Amber Tak
Written by Laurie Janey
Designed by Roulé le Roux
Edited by Angela Briggs
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 October 2023.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-121-8
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Ouma’s

amazing

flowers

Laurie Janey · Amber Tak · Roulé le Roux

Ouma has a window box full of amazing flowers. Robyn wants to pick them all!

Please don’t pick the flowers, Robyn! Ouma loves to see them when she opens her curtains.

Butterflies dance around the petals.  It’s so lovely to have these visitors.

The bees use the flowers to make delicious honey.

The flowers bring joy to everyone who walks past Ouma’s house.

The neighbour likes to smell them when he visits for tea.

Sometimes, sunbirds drink the sweet nectar from the flowers.

Look, a tiny beetle! It shines in the sun. And there’s a fat caterpillar!

Please don’t pick Ouma’s flowers, Robyn!  They won’t stay fresh very long.

“I won’t pick them, Ouma,” says Robyn, even though she really wants to.
She feels a little bit sad!

Ouma doesn’t want Robyn to be sad.
“Okay, Robyn,” says Ouma. “You can pick your favourite flower.”

“And I have an idea …  Let’s plant more flowers together!”