Flowers & Plants

Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style between two brothers and the various seeds they encounter....

From the creator of the New York Times best seller Women in Science comes a new nonfiction series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world - starting with what's inside a flower....

By the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, this is Michael Pollan's ingenious companion book about the surprising and close relationship between people and plants....

The globetrotting naturalists of the 18th century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology....

Farkleberry. Chrysothamnus nauseosus. Old Man's Beard. Zanthoxylum clava-herculis. What do all of these farkling, nauseating, hairy clubs of Hercules have in common?....

Who knew there were so many different kinds of vegetables? Nonfiction pro Gail Gibbons responds to the need for books on good nutrition with this exploration of vegetables....

What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don’t? And what’s the tallest plant out there? Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more....

The flower is the part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit....

Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it's a sunflower, a Venus flytrap, or an exotic plant like an exploding cucumber, this book shows just how active plants really are....

Let's go to the apple orchard! Find out how apples grow. Learn about the many things we do with apples....

Some plants need to have pollen spread from one plant to another flower in order to reproduce. Listeners will learn the steps in the cross-pollination process....

Heard about the fish that clean shark teeth? Or the frog that lives with a tarantula? Welcome to the weird world of symbiosis—where animals form incredible relationships. Macken Murphy, host of the popular animal podcast Species, introduces his favorite symbiotic relationships....

What can smell like bubblegum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible things....

From Anderson to Zavala and El Paso to Wilbarger, come "waltz" down the alphabet with some of the silliest, strangest, and just plain weirdest plants that the Lone Star State....

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars, and finally butterflies....

Kann man Blumen essen? Warum stinken manche Bäume? Und wer hat im Park unter der Wiese gewühlt? Natur ist überall - auch in der Stadt...

Strap on your shoes and join Mr. Andre's class on a nature hike! They're out to discover if their class pet, Jojo the gecko, has any traits in common with the plants and animals they see....

Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce....

It's time for a trip to the pumpkin patch! Find out how pumpkins grow. See the many things we do with pumpkins. Let's carve a jack-o'-lantern. Spooky! What happens in fall? Find out in the Fall's Here! series, part of the Cloverleaf Books collection....

Sing along to this lighthearted romp while learning about different food chains within a single ecosystem. Learn which animals come out on top and which animals end up as snacks....

Where do apples come from? Look at an apple seed, tree, blossom, and finally fruit. Pair this title with its fiction companion book, Emily's Pumpkin....

Sunlight, air, water, and minerals help keep plants alive....

Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do....

Are people the only animals that enjoy fruit? Where does fruit grow? Discover everything readers young and old need to know. The world grows a rainbow of fruits, and they are all delicious!....

Watch spring bloom and discover where flowers grow - on trees and bushes as well as in fields and gardens. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, The Egg, to celebrate spring....