An Anthology of Flowers: A Collection of Flowers from Gardens, Mountains and More, with Fascinating Secrets

by D.K. Publishing

A beautiful field guide to flowers featuring notes, spectacular photos, and colorful illustrations of the world’s most fascinating flowers.

A compact version of DK’s bestselling anthology series, An Anthology of Flowers is perfect for young botanists and nature enthusiasts ages 7-9 to take on the go and find the beauty in the blooms.

An Anthology of Flowers will be your child’s guide through the natural world, teaching how to easily identify different species, including a vast variety of blooms, from exotic blossoms to iconic garden favourites.

This stunning flower book for kids

The next book in the new compact spin-off of the bestselling Children’s Anthologies series.A magnificent collection of over 100 unique flowers, from wildflowers and garden favourites to rare species.A quality gift book, with metallic foil and striking imagery on every page.
An Anthology of Flowers features mesmerizing images, beautiful illustrations by the artist behind DK’s bestselling Anthology series and captivating, highly informative content on how to identify, where to find, and what to know about the world’s different flowers.

More in the series

An Anthology of Flowers is part of the beautiful, new, and compact Anthology spin-off series. Complete the series and nurture your child's curiosity as they explore the stars in An Anthology of Stargazing, meet beautiful and delicate creatures in An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths or forage for mushrooms with An Anthology of Fungi.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The books design is perfect for readers young and old. It shows every flower you could ever imagine and it's broken up in sections titled Garden, Rainforest, Mountain, Waterside, Dessert, Wildflowers, Deadly, Fragrant/Smelly, Edible and Healing Flowers. But it starts by explaining types of flowers, the life of a plant and how pollination works with beautifully drawn illustrations. The illustrations throughout the book are so great that at times it's hard to tell if some are an illustration or a photo. I enjoyed that each flower had it's own page and also showed some of the bugs that that might visit these plants. The book ends with a little bit of information on Conservation which is clearly geared toward children.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc.

[Melinda Wingate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apparently I'm on a kick of learning about plants/flowers/etc. This book spoke to me when I saw it come through the circulation desk at work. It is delightful! While it is geared towards younger readers, it also serves as a great introduction to flowers for anyone who wants something easy to read, wonderfully organized, and beautifully illustrated. I really enjoyed learning about some familiar plants I see on my daily commute, as well as plants from around the world that I've never even heard of! If you are an admirer of flowers, you should check this out.

[Laurel Zeisler · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is a must have for school libraries. So much information in an easy to find way. I loved the different sections on deadly, fragrant or smelly, and edible flowers. The illustrations were very good, with one exception. For such a great book, I'm wondering if people will pass it by because the cover isn't that catchy. I learned a lot and highly recommend this book.