Do you know Anderson’s fairy tale, ‘Thumbelina’? Thumbelina was born from tulips. Tulips are friendly flowers that appear often in fairy tales, and are one of the most loved fowers in the world.When you ask a child to draw a fower, most of them draw fowers in the shapes of tulips. This is because tulips are easy to draw.Try to think of a fower other than tulips in your head. Flowers, stems, and leaves are more complicated than you think. It is not easy to draw flowers without looking at a picture or an illustrated book. The unique shape of tulips is a beauty that cannot be found in any other fower, but tulips are by no means simple. They come in different shapes and colors, and in the past, there were over 8,000 varieties. Even today, about 2,000 varieties of tulips are cultivated. If you plant multi-colored tulips together, the beauty is doubled. This is very popular with people.Tulips are very special fowers, but how much do you know about them?Like, why do tulips plant roots and not seeds, where is the origin of tulips, and what does the name ‘tulip’ mean?The tulip seed looks like an onion and is called a bulb. Did you know that in the past one tulip bulb was exchanged for a luxury home?Tulips have many secrets that even Thumbelina, who was born from them, does not know about.This book focuses on tulips, taking a scientifc and ecological approach to rooting plants, and talks about the history of how tulips became the most loved fower in the world.