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What Flowers Say and Other Stories

$15.95


In What Flowers Say, renowned writer George Sand dares children to fantasize, to believe in an alternate world. This magical collection, originally penned for her grandchildren, calls into question what is real, a life lesson from someone who refused to accept the gender roles available to women in the nineteenth century.

ISBN: 9781558618572
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Description

Roses plead to go out to dance; an old oak tree offers advice; paintings of gods and goddesses come alive. In What Flowers Say, renowned writer George Sand dares children to fantasize, to believe in an alternate world. This magical short story collection, originally penned for her grandchildren, calls into question what is real, a life lesson from someone who refused to accept the gender roles available to women in the nineteenth century. Sand shares her love and immense knowledge of science and mythology, engages issues of class and character, and captures the wonder and determination of a curious child, offering all of us a true sense of infinite possibilities?well beyond the world we live in.

This book has been aligned to Common Core standards.

224 page black and white paperback

The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2014

Additional information

Weight 8 oz
Dimensions 10 × 7 × 0.5 in
by

George Sand & Molly Crabapple

ISBN

9781558618572