Describes a variety of carnivorous plants, including the Venus fly trap, sundew, pitcher plant, and bladderwort.

Photographs and simple text help toddlers learn sequencing while learning how a tomato plant grows from seed to maturity. Includes tips for helping young children learn sequencing skills.

Introduces basic scientific principles of botany and plant physiology and presents experiments to show how they work.

Beautiful photography and lyrical text pair with comprehensive picture captions in award-winning author Melissa Stewart's story about the surprisingly diverse world of seeds. Learn all about the plant cycle, from how seeds grow, the fascinating ways they travel, and what it takes for a seed to become a plant.

Examines the variety of life found in ponds, including the common newt, stickleback, and great diving beetle.

Introduces a plant's life cycle, explaining how seeds grow into flowers and trees.

Observes how a glacial pond and the abundance of plants and animals that draw life from it change over the course of a year.

"Describes the fascinating plant details that are too small for the unaided eye to see, and how these microscopic systems work to keep the plant alive and healthy"--Provided by publisher.

A lively introduction to the rainforest combines illustrations and diagrams with explanations about the abundant plant and animal life that can be found there.