false 96629 6 Hope's theme of life, moving through seeming death to a new and more beautiful life, has touched the hearts of millions of people. Hope for the Flowers is for young and old, lovers, husbands and wives. It's a book to learn to read with, or to comfort those who are dying or grieving. In the tale, the caterpillar heroes, Stripe and Yellow, want something more from life than eating and growing bigger. They get caught up in a "caterpillar pillar," a squirming mass of bodies, each determined to reach a top so far away it can't be seen. Finally disillusioned, they discover that the way for the caterpillars to find their particular "more," who they really are, is to enter the cocoon and "...risk for the butterfly." Hope for the Flowers has helped people gain the courage to leave jobs, change their lives and explore their love for another human being. Two million copies in print. 2317287 1973 Hope for the Flowers total:891|5:533|4:223|3:109|2:19|1:7| 891 3929 1094 173 1 21 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri Jan 09 18:10:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 20:43:13 -0800 2009
At the time, I was living on an island of about two hundred people, teaching English. A foolish, miserable task--the kind of "good-for-you" intervention bound up in so many good intentions that the inevitable crass exploitation and inadequ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Sep 18 15:31:21 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 15:35:28 -0700 2007
I first read it back in high school, a friend saw me looking it over, and then went back and bought it for me. Its very touching....

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Recently I went on a hunt for it in this jungle house of books, but without success. I know I have a ratty old paperback copy s...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 06:46:34 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 06:55:45 -0700 2007
Beguiled at first by a misguided attempt to climb on the heads of their fellow caterpillars (who have commingled into an enormous "caterpillar pillar" that ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Aug 23 12:59:15 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 14:50:11 -0700 2007
I actually re-drew all pictures in the book and turned them into various big posters for ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 06:37:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 06:45:28 -0800 2009
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The book itself is a beautifully written and delightfully ill...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 18:52:46 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 19:10:02 -0700 2008
Now I have read it. The timing on reading this b...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 19:36:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 08:26:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 11:08:09 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 14:49:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 24 15:20:48 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 15:25:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 12:37:32 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:38:58 -0800 2009 ]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 23 09:21:42 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 09:36:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 10 12:24:52 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 12:27:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 09:57:26 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 10:14:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 19:56:11 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:04:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 16:01:14 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 16:02:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 02 06:17:53 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 22 11:42:45 -0800 2008
this also is a constant reminder to me that beautiful things are not always to be sought after, sometimes we just have to wait.]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jan 11 09:11:02 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 09:11:02 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Fri Nov 28 15:24:56 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 10:24:28 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=96629