Books with title Sam's Sunflower

"Sunflowers" is a story of a young woman's quest for love, truth, and what really matters. Carmay Turner’s life hasn’t been going the way she planned. It’s not horrible by any means. She has a wonderful, loving family, an enjoyable job, and everything a young single woman could want, except one thing: a solid dating relationship with a caring guy she enjoys spending time with. She has little trouble attracting guys, but finding one worth keeping is another matter. Until she meets Derek. He’s everything she’s been looking for. After dating him for a year, she has high hopes of him proposing to her soon, perhaps even on the night of their one-year anniversary. But when the evening doesn’t turn out the way she hopes, she not only wonders if he will ever propose, but if she even wants that. Maybe she’s not doing as well as she thought. Maybe it’s not a man she needs most. Perhaps something else is missing. Can she find what she truly needs? Can she hang in there and wait for what God has planned, or did she already miss it? And when she finds someone who brings the right element of joy to her heart, can she accept his "condition" of dating her, or will her lack of patience get in the way of the blessings awaiting them? *Sunflowers is the eleventh book in the Garden of Love series. It may be read as a stand-alone novel or as a sequel to Lilac Springs (Book 8). Recommended for women and teen girls, ages 14 and up.

Maddy’s Grandma gives her an unexpected gift—a sunflower seedling. This small gift starts Maddy on an adventure in gardening. The excitement she experiences as she cares for her growing sunflower plant is familiar to all gardeners—and thank goodness Grandma is there when things look desperate! Seventeen colorful acrylic paintings illustrate this picture book for early readers and beginning science lessons.