plants

Crazy Dave uses plants to save the readers brains from zombies.

When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover that she is a faerie and she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from enemy trolls.

Have you ever heard of a plant that eats animals? You don't have to find them in the movies you'll find these plants right in these pages, along with others that grow to more than 300 feet (100 m) tall and live for thousands of years.

Discusses the peculiarities of particular plants such as the response of some to certain stimuli, plants that heal, plants that eat insects, symbiotic partnerships, and other unusual behavior.

Studies how plants, trees, and flowers have become symbols to man throughout time and discusses the symbolism of many flowers and plants, the different legends about flowers, and other related topics.

Follow the Thames River through the beautiful English countryside as you learn about its tributaries and the surrounding landscape. Discover the culture and history of Oxford University, Windsor Castle, and London from the Thames River.

Life exists everywhere—even at the top of a mountain! This title introduces readers to the world of mountain biomes, exploring the plants, animals, and insects that make this habitat unique. Written to support elementary life science curricula, the text illustrates how each creature in a biome plays an important role in an ecosystem’s survival. Readers learn about the relationships between creatures in a habitat and how human intervention can upset the balance. Fact boxes offer informative facts about adaptation, while a simple globe map identifies where in the world mountain biomes are found. Readers are sure to delight in the detailed color photographs that accompany this high-interest title!.

Readers will travel through the heartland of America to the bayous of Louisiana in this journey down the Mississippi River. Learn about cities, the tributaries, and the system of locks and dams on the mighty Mississippi River.

Explains what plants need to live, and follows the life cycle of a plant, from seed to fully grown.

The reader is invited to count the animals and plants that live on or in Minnesota's bogs, marshes, rivers, lakes, prairies, and woods. Inlcudes facts on the state's ecosystems and the plants and animals that make their homes there.