The Flowerdrops

<p><em>The Flowerdrops</em> is a vibrantly illustrated storybook about loss written for readers of age 8 to adult. It does not hide from sorrow but in simple and poetic language gently guides the reader on a journey through the beauty of one springtime’s end—and toward the knowledge of how life’s most difficult feeling will end.</p><p>It’s late springtime in Brooklyn and a million petals fall from the flowering trees that line the borough’s streets. Wandering alone in the silence created by this blanket of flowerdrops our storyteller remembers a girl named Harriet who has recently come and gone from his life.</p><p>'<em>We had flowerdrops last night. Down they came just like moth wings fluttering in the street light tumbling to the ground. There wasn’t a sound. Everyone in town was hiding. “We want to watch this alone” they said. And so I’m sure no one slept though it was very late.' (from the text)</em></p>