Plants category: 1045 books
by Dona Herweck Rice
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Plants and insects depend on each other to survive. Insects make it possible for plants to grow because of pollination! Learn all about how plants are pollinated. Vibrant images pair with easy-to-read text to keep students engaged from cover to cover. This reader also includes instructions for an...
by Gail Gibbons
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Flowers, trees, fruits—plants are all around us, but where do they come from?
With simple language and bright illustrations, non-fiction master Gail Gibbons introduces young readers to the processes of pollination, seed formation, and germination. Important vocabulary is reinforced with accessible...
by Richard Platt
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
There are plants that prickle, sting, and even munch insects for lunch! So, never bite a strange plant - it might bite back!
Packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing...
by Rebecca Felix
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This Level 1 guided reader examines how seasonal changes in winter affect plants. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how cold and snow affect plant growth and survival in winter.
by Christina Hill
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
What makes a plant? Find out in this vibrant science reader! Plants are living things that go through a life cycle. Learn all about this cycle and what plants need to live and grow. Transforming from tiny seeds to beautiful flowers and gigantic trees, plants have a remarkable life cycle! The vibrant...
by Victoria Boutenko
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Victoria Boutenko responds to the crisis of childhood obesity with a story that makes children excited about nutrition, healthy foods, vegetables and fruits, green smoothies, and the science of plants.
This kids' book follows young Nic as he discovers the importance of healthy eating with a...
Flowers
Explore Nature with Fun Facts and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
A first nature book about flowers for children, this is the perfect companion for young minds eager to learn about the world of flowering plants.
Children are encouraged to investigate and record all the wildflowers they find and get hands on with the fun activities, from pressing petals to...
The Green Thread
Dialogues with the Vegetal World
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in the emerging field of Plant Studies. The volume is the first of its kind to bring together a dynamic body of scholarship that shares a critique of long-standing human perceptions of plants as lacking...
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
Miniature Bonsai
The Complete Guide to Super-Mini Bonsai
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This step-by-step bonsai book shows you how to craft super mini bonsai—the smallest form of bonsai!
Miniature Bonsai reveals the Japanese art of super-mini bonsai gardening. As rewarding as full-scale bonsai cultivation is, mini bonsai is affordable, straightforward to learn and kind to your...
Don't Throw It, Grow It!
68 windowsill plants from kitchen scraps
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Don’t throw out your kitchen scraps — grow them! Discover how you can transform leftover pomegranate seeds, mango pits, and dried bits of gingerroot into thriving plants. From the common carrot to the exotic cherimoya, you’ll be amazed at the gardening possibilities hidden in the foods you eat.
Growing Marijuana
How to Plant, Cultivate, and Harvest Your Own Weed
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Marijuana seeds are legal to buy and-with some soil, water, and light-can grow into one of humanity’s favorite pastimes. Call it pot, bud, cannabis, ganja, dope-if you have the seeds, you can grow the weeds. Here are step-by-step directions to growing and managing your own marijuana plants. The...
Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere
(like lemons, limes, citrons, grapefruit, kumquats, sunquats, tahitian oranges, barbados cherries, figs, guavas, dragon fruit, miracle berries, olives, passion fruit, coffee, chocolate, tea, black pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, and more)
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Enjoy fresh java brewed from your own coffee beans or juice from the orange tree growing in a sunny corner of your living room. Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants — in any climate! This straightforward,...
by Gideon Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Southern Africa is the natural home of the richest and most diverse succulent flora in the world. These plants come in all shapes and sizes, from trees such as the baobab at more than 20 m tall, to miniature soil huggers, just a few millimetres high, which mimic their pebble-desert surroundings. This...