Marigold is an Antelope Ground Squirrel who has just found out that her mother named her after her favorite flower. She leaves her home under the Cactus Patch and searches the surrounding garden for her flower. She meets several interesting desert animals along her way as well as her cousin the Round Tailed Ground Squirrel. After seeing many beautiful flowers, the Marigolds are finally in bloom, and Mother squirrel is able to show Marigold her flower.
"This is the flower that makes me feel the happiest and that's how I felt when I first saw your little face," she tells Marigold. Author Janice Lease lives with her husband Robert, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a first grade teacher as well as a Registered Nurse. During her 20 years of teaching, she wrote many stories for her students. She published a county magazine for five years and has sold many of her photographs with her photo card business. Jan and Bob have two daughters, six grandchildren and one great grandson. She recently retired from the University Medical Center in Las Vegas as a charge nurse on the cardiac unit. Jan continues to write and has several more books ready for publication.
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