I remember this book from when I was a kid (I’m 29, but have no idea how old it was). I’m not sure that it’s a book for children, but I do remember that it was illustrated with these beautiful pictures. The characters are flowers (with faces?) and I believe the main character, which may be a dandelion or daisy dies. I remember it as being very dark and sad, and it really stuck with me, but my parents have no memory of it. I’ve been trying to figure out what it was for years. I hope someone can help!
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A long shot, but I suppose I should mention it: The Flower Book (1946), written and illustrated by Ida Bohatta Morpurgo (from Austria). It was translated by June Head. There are 12 illustrations of flowers with faces and bodies, with rhymes. You can find many pictures from it in Google Images. The last one shows a common weed. She weeps that she knows that she’ll soon be pulled up and thrown away by the gardener, but she’ll try to live and grow while she still can. Bohatta wrote at least two dozen books, I think. For more on her, see here under The Good and Bad Berries: http://loganberrybooks.com/solved-g.html
Hi! I looked this up and it’s not the one, but thank you for your suggestion!
Maybe one of the Rose Petal Place books?
Someone on Reddit brought me to this link. I have been looking for this exact book for ages. And nobody, nobody knows what book I’m talking about. I’m pretty sure this is the book I’m also looking for, because of the way you describe it. Having beautiful pictures, a daisy or dandelion that does, how dark of an illustrated book it is, that it most likely wasn’t meant for kids. I think it was an allegory of some sort. But anyways, I still haven’t found the name of it. I wish I could. I hope you have, or do!