What will grow?

Kids books on plants.

Updated June 28, 2024
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Plants & fungi!
Boddy, Lynne
Paper Book
Explore the wonderful world of plants and fungi, with everything from cacti and carnivorous plants to trees, flowers, and mushrooms. Why are flowers colorful and fruits sweet? How does a carnivorous plant kill its prey? Why do stinging nettles sting? How do trees turn light into...
Plant a pocket of prairie
Root, Phyllis
Paper Book
Author Phyllis Root and illustrator Betsy Bowen last explored the vast, boggy peatlands of northern Minnesota in their book Big Belching Bog. Now, in Plant a Pocket of Prairie, Root and Bowen take young readers on a trip to another of Minnesota's important ecosystems: the prairie. ...
A seed grows
Portis, Antoinette
Paper Book
From a tiny seed to a huge, fold-out bloom, the transformative life cycle of a sunflower plays out in this bold read-aloud. A Sibert Honor Book! A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book! To understand how a seed becomes a sunflower, you have to peek beneath the soil...
Trees, leaves, flowers & seeds : a visual encyclopedia of the plant kingdom
Jose, Sarah
Paper Book
Packed with more than 1,000 incredible images and full of fascinating facts, this beautiful children's book takes you on an exciting expedition through the wonders of the plant kingdom. Have you ever wondered which plants eat insects? Or how cacti store water? How about which...
Humongous fungus
Boddy, Lynne
Paper Book
Embark on a magical tour of the forest floor and discover one of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet - fungi! Not quite animals and not quite plants, the mysterious kingdom of fungi is full of secrets! Let's unearth them together with this weird and wonderful book...
What's inside a flower? : and other questions about science & nature
Ignotofsky, Rachel
Paper Book
From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, comes a new nonfiction picture book series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world--starting with what's inside a flower. Budding backyard scientists can...
Flowers are pretty weird!
Mosco, Rosemary
Paper Book
Warning -- this book contains top-secret information about flowers! Prepare to be shocked and weirded out by this hilarious and totally true picture book introduction to some of nature's strangest plants. Flowers are beautiful. They have bright colors, soft petals and sweet...

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