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NATASHA TABORI FRIED is Managing Editor of Welcome Books. She has co-edited The Little Big Book of Love (with Lena Tabori for William Morrow) edited The Little Big Book of Chills & Thrills, The Little Big Book of America, and The Little Big Book of Life (for Welcome).
What is fairer than a rose? What is more sweet? —
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LENA TABORI has conceived and edited numerous books, including Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature (with Jane Lahr for STC), The Little Big Book for Dads (with H. Clark Wakabayashi), The Little Big Book for Moms (with Alice Wong), The Little Big Book of Love (with Natasha Tabori Fried) and The Little Big Book of Christmas, both for William Morrow.
The Little Big Book of
ROSES Po e t r y Quotes Re c i p e s L i t e r at u r e C r af t s Fa c t s My t h s S o ng s
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The Little Big Book of
ROSES Edited by NATASHA TABORI FRIED and LENA TABORI The Little Big Book of Roses includes: ■ POEMS, QUOTES, and LITERARY EXCERPTS from such great writers as Lewis Carroll, e. e. cummings, Robert Frost, Gabriel García Márquez, Edgar Allen Poe, D. H. Lawrence, Dorothy Parker, William Shakespeare, and Oscar Wilde ■ ESSAYS from the greatest garden enthusiasts offering tips, observations, and insights into their passions for roses. Writers included are: Diane Ackerman, Jamaica Kincaid, Henry Mitchell, and Michael Pollan ■ SONG LYRICS, such as “The Yellow Rose of Texas” & “Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses” ■ FACTS and HISTORY spreads, where you’ll find out where the world’s biggest rosebush is, which celebrities have roses named after them, and more than a dozen roses guaranteed to grow care free—as well as traditional meanings, profiles of some of the world’s most famous rose gardens, and the pros and cons of antique vs. modern roses ■ ACTIVITIES, including how to care for cut roses, pruning tips, planting tips, drying roses, homemade rose potpourri, and how to fight bugs and disease ■ RECIPES such as rose-hip tea, rose preserves, rose petal scones, candied rose petals, raspberry rose sorbet, and rose syrup
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