Plants

Teaches early readers about roots, explaining why plants have roots, what they look like, how they help plants grow, and how they are used by people and animals.

Discusses the behavior and adaptations of unusual plants, including strange flowers, ways of growing, storing water, feeding on insects, and more.

Surveys the many uses of plants, including food, drink, spices and herbs, creams and perfumes, medicine, wood and paper, clothes, and decoration for gardens and parks.

Teaches early readers about seeds, explaining how seeds turn into different types of plants, how big they are, why there are different shaped seeds, and how people and animals use seeds.

Photographs and simple text follow the life cycle of beans from seeds to dinner table.

Photographs and simple text follow the life cycle of carrots from seeds to dinner table.

Describes how various plants adapt to life in the desert, including the prickly pear cactus, sagebrush, and Indian blanket.

An introduction to plants including descriptions of their flowers and fruit, spores and cones, roots, stems, leaves, and methods for storing food.

Describes how various plants adapt to life at the seashore, including the sea oat, eelgrass, and rockweed.

Describes how various plants adapt to living in a pond, including the cattail, duckweed, and bladderwort.