Flowers & Plants

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....

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....

Eric Carle's eloquent text turns the simple life cycle of a plant into an exciting story, a nature lesson, and an inspiring message of the importance of perseverance....

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....

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....

An extraordinary children's introduction to the world of trees above and below ground....

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....

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....

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

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

If you're seeking amazing and fascinating facts to learn and share, look no further, you came to the right place! This book has some amazing facts, and I am confident that you will enjoy sharing them....

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

How does a corn seed become corn on the cob? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from planting to picking and eating - in this fascinating book....

The "My First Encyclopedia Set" series takes you on a journey through time, immersing you in the era of dinosaurs, allowing you to sense the power of life, and experience the fascinating realm of science.

Many plants depend on animals to help move pollen around so that the plants can reproduce....

A Dandelion was inspired by our daughter Ashli, who was three years old at the time....

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....

Pettersson und Findus leben mit einer Schar vorlauter Hühner auf einem Bauernhof mitten auf dem Land. Der neugierige Kater mag es in dem...

Die Regenwälder sind die letzten Paradiese unserer Erde - bei ihrem Anblick stockt uns der Atem. Der tropische Regenwald ist nicht nur unser...

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....