Author/illustrator Sarah Williamson's Cactus and Flower is a bright, gentle, thoughtful picture book that explores friendship and natural life cycles for readers young and old. Cactus and Flower spend their days in the desert, side by side. They watch the sun come up; they watch the sun go down. They play with their animal friends. And they grow, slowly but surely. Then one day, Flower loses a petal. Cactus and...