Nettles and Roses

Versão em língua inglesa do livro infantil português Salada de Flores.

An organic orchard where chemical fertilizers are banned, a chlorine-free swimming pool, and a house made of clay and straw with a garden on its roof – this is the ideal scenery for Sarah, Marlena, Kate and Flynn’s adventure, four young friends eager to explore the beauties of Nature. Thanks to the subtlety and scientific accuracy of Sara Simões’s watercolours, our main characters discover that plants – be they vegetables, flowers, trees or fruit – have names, surnames and families.

They can even help one another in case of disease. Mankind, Fernanda Botelho’s text tells us, can also benefit from plants’ medicinal properties and use them to prepare delicious recipes. After all, Nettles and Roses includes an insightful guide, designed for parents and teachers, while the rest of its pages is addressed to younger readers, showing them – always in a fun-filled way – a small part of Nature’s charms.