When Zuri's best friend and next-door neighbor, Scout, moves away, she is filled with sadness. She eagerly waits for the blooming of Scout's parting gift, a tulip bulb, to remember their times together. To her surprise, the plant is not the only thing to blossom.

"Dipthongs"--Cover. "Zuri's Flower Garden was originally published as Friends and Flowers, copyright 2008 by Stone Arch Books"--Copyright page.