cover image Alison's Zinnia

Alison's Zinnia

Anita Lobel. Greenwillow Books, $7.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-688-14737-2

Flowers and the girls who give and receive them (""Beryl bought a Begonia for Crystal"") take readers through an alphabet brought to full bloom by lushly colored illustrations. Ages 3-up. (Apr.)