cover image The Blossom's Ball

The Blossom's Ball

Virginie Peyre, Gabrielle J. Tayac, Danielle Stein-Aubert. Tricycle Press, $12.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-58246-096-3

A classroom full of buds grow into flowers in The Blossoms' Ball by Danielle Stein-Aubert, illus. by Virginie Peyre. Miss Rose, the schoolteacher, has just one week in which to get all the ""flower children"" in her class ready for the ball, where they will show off their finest costumes and dancing steps. Students work on their own unique outfits and they all are rewarded with becoming full-grown flowers during the ball. An envelope in the back of the paper-over-board volume, in which youngsters can store their own garden treasures, and a bow to tie together the covers make this a pretty spring package.