Alex hears balloon flower buds popping. She is sure the plants are talking to her. She invents a plant translator. The plants want to have a party. They want to fly. She invents a flower inflator. The plants want her to fly with them. It's fun until the plants try to talk to her while flying and when they pop, the helium comes out of their flowers, so they come back to Earth. Now they want Alex to invent a way for them to talk and fly at the same time. She's had enough inventing for one day.
Editorial Review
5 Stars - Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Lois Wickstrom's picture book story, What Do the Plants Say?, is full of fun, imagination, and creativity, all around the tiny flowers known as balloon flowers. The author makes readers, young and old, really think: perhaps flowers do communicate. They are, after all, living things. And, if they communicate, what are they saying? The plot develops through Alex's inventive imaginings and the lovely, colorful illustrations help carry the story along. The character of the little girl is developed through her creative ideas and her attempts at communicating with the balloon flowers. This is a fun story that will appeal to young readers and have them talking to the flowers in the garden just like Alex, especially if they're balloon flowers.