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Marigold's closest family includes her loving mother, steely Young Grandmother, shrewd Old Grandmother, her Uncle Klon (short for Klondike) who is a former sailor, and her Aunt Marigold, a doctor who saved Marigold's life as a baby. The Lesleys have decided to name the child Marigold to honour the doctor's life-saving skills.
The preface for 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is by children's illustrator and author Quentin Blake and introduction by Julia Eccleshare. [2] There is an index of titles, arranged alphabetically, and an index by author/illustrator, arranged alphabetically too, but by author/illustrator, not by title of book.
The Marigold is a Canadian dystopian novel by Andrew F. Sullivan published by ECW Press in 2023. [1] [2] [3]Set in a futuristic Toronto, The Marigold focuses on a wide variety of characters who are all joined by The Marigold, a fictitious building being overcome by a toxic sentient mold known colloquially as The Wet.
A marigold as seen in a small field. "Marigolds" is a 1969 short story by Eugenia Collier. The story draws from Collier's early life in rural Maryland during the Great Depression. Its themes include poverty, maturity and the relationship between innocence and compassion. [1]
The Illustrated Mum is a children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Transworld in 1999 with drawings by Nick Sharratt.Set in London, the first person narrative by a young girl, Dolphin, features her bipolar mother Marigold, nicknamed "the illustrated mum" because of her many tattoos.
Daisy is the half-sister of Poppy and Marigold Flowers. Adrian is briefly engaged to Marigold, and only hears things about Daisy, but finally meets her when the Flowers family and the Mole family get together to discuss their offspring's upcoming marriage. Daisy is introduced as a devil-may-care type with Prada handbags and looks to spare. She ...
Eugenia W. Collier (born April 6, 1928) [1] is an American writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds", which won the first Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction in 1969; it was Collier’s first published story.
Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson; 1863 – 14 April 1933) was an English author. [1]Amongst her works are the play Marigold (with Francis R. Pryor), which was turned into a 1938 film Marigold.