Plants tell an important story about the environment. They tell us about climate, soil, and precipitation of a paricular area.
Activities and Multimedia
Take a closer look at been seeds and examine what happens when they begin to sprout. Buggy and Buddy have a great tutorial on investigating the parts of a seed and how it grows.
Use these beautifully hand-painted nomenclature cards created by the artist Mazie Cook to help your child identify popular flowers blooming around Columbia. Click the image below to download and print.
Plants Are Alive!
Published in 2012
It's Our Garden
From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden
Published in 2013
Presents a portrait of a Santa Fe community garden, revealing how students and other citizens work together to select and grow annual plants, create compost, release butterflies, harvest edibles, and protect garden beds for the winter-- Source other than Library of Congress.
A Seed, a Flower, a Minute, an Hour
Published in 1992
Illustrations and very brief text depict a seed changing into a flower, a bee into a swarm, a thought into a poem, and other changes.
Flower Garden
Published in 1994
Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
The Tiny Seed
Published in 1987
A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.
Planting Seeds
Published in 2016
"Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present planting seeds in spring"-- Provided by the publisher.
Dig In!
12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps
Published in 2018
Grow your own fruits and vegetables from nothing but kitchen scraps! Instead of throwing away leftovers in your kitchen, learn how to use them to grow more. Step-by-step instructions and recipes will help you enjoy the fruits of your labor.
From Bean to Bean Plant
Published in 2006
From Seed to Plant
Published in 1991
Explores the intricate relationship between seeds and the plants which they produce.
Seeds
Published in 2016
"A complicated topic is made easier with this title introducing seeds and explaining their anatomy and how they grow into plants. Labeled diagrams and photographs and a glossary will make learning about seeds even simpler!"-- Publisher's website.
Plants Can't Sit Still
Published in 2016
Describes some ways in which plants can move, from sunflowers turning towards sunlight and vines creeping up a fence to tulips folding in at night and maple seeds whirling like helicopters in the wind.
How Do Plants Survive?
Published in 2014
In a Garden
Published in 2020
In a garden a seed grows to sprout to bud to flower, thriving in harmony with living creatures, especially insects.
Lola Plants a Garden
Published in 2014
Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
Published in 2015
"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves ... and down in the dirt."-- Provided by publisher.
If You Plant a Seed
Published in 2015
While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
Sunflowers
Published in 2009
Seed, Soil, Sun
Earth's Recipe for Food
Published in 2010
Shows how plants germinate, grow, and produce food; looks at the composition of soil; and discusses the creatures who live in the soil.
Parts of a Flower
Published in 2015
The flower is the part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit. Readers will find the main parts of a flower and learn about the process of pollination.
Bloom Boom!
Published in 2019
Pick, Pull, Snap!
Where Once a Flower Bloomed
Published in 2003
Describes how raspberries, peanuts, corn, and other foods are produced as various plants flower, create seeds, and finally bear fruit.
