Flowers & Plants

The globetrotting naturalists of the 18th century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology....

Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style between two brothers and the various seeds they encounter....

By the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, this is Michael Pollan's ingenious companion book about the surprising and close relationship between people and plants....

A cantankerous talking cactus reveals the significance of colors in flowers. Each different color means something to pollinators - bees, bats, birds, and more - to help them navigate and pollinate easily! This fun, nonfiction presentation of science combines our favorite pollinators....

An extraordinary children's introduction to the world of trees above and below ground....

From the creator of the New York Times best seller Women in Science comes a new nonfiction series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world - starting with what's inside a flower....

Some flowers are able to produce seeds or fruit without getting pollen from another plant....

Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do....

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars, and finally butterflies....

The fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower told through the adventures of a tiny seed. Young listeners will cheer at the happy outcome of this exciting tale....

Are people the only animals that enjoy fruit? Where does fruit grow? Discover everything readers young and old need to know. The world grows a rainbow of fruits, and they are all delicious!....

Spring is here, and with the new season come trees full of life, color...and blossoms! From the creators of Leaf Jumpers and Winter Trees, Spring Blossoms introduces listeners to a variety of different flowering trees....

Heard about the fish that clean shark teeth? Or the frog that lives with a tarantula? Welcome to the weird world of symbiosis—where animals form incredible relationships. Macken Murphy, host of the popular animal podcast Species, introduces his favorite symbiotic relationships....

What can smell like bubblegum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible things....

Sunlight, air, water, and minerals help keep plants alive....

This Level 1 guided audiobook examines how seasonal changes in winter affect plants....

From Anderson to Zavala and El Paso to Wilbarger, come "waltz" down the alphabet with some of the silliest, strangest, and just plain weirdest plants that the Lone Star State....

Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it's a sunflower, a Venus flytrap, or an exotic plant like an exploding cucumber, this book shows just how active plants really are....

It's time for a trip to the pumpkin patch! Find out how pumpkins grow. See the many things we do with pumpkins. Let's carve a jack-o'-lantern. Spooky! What happens in fall? Find out in the Fall's Here! series, part of the Cloverleaf Books collection....

Where do apples come from? Look at an apple seed, tree, blossom, and finally fruit. Pair this title with its fiction companion book, Emily's Pumpkin....

Let's go to the apple orchard! Find out how apples grow. Learn about the many things we do with apples....

The flower is the part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit....

A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year....

Watch spring bloom and discover where flowers grow - on trees and bushes as well as in fields and gardens. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, The Egg, to celebrate spring....

On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5-inch nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat....