A Glorious Garden: Books: Nonfiction

With colorful, fun illustrations and delightful, lighthearted text, children can learn about the life cycles of various types of plants. Includes a "From Seed to Plant Project."

Seeds How does a tiny acorn grow into an enormous oak tree? At one time, the tree in your backyard could fit into your pocket! Look inside to learn the simple steps for turning a packet of seeds into you own garden. Seeds How does a tiny acorn grow into an enormous oak tree? At one time, the tree in your backyard could have fit into your pocket! Look inside to learn the simple steps for turning a packet of seeds into your own garden.

This book offers readers a bug's-eye view into the strange and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. From the jaws of the Venus flytrap to the pretty sundew plant whose delicate tentacles entrap its prey, the unique anatomy and behaviors of meat-eating plants are detailed with clear, engaging text and art.

The birds, the bees, the flowers and the TREES!How do trees grow? Why do leaves change? What kind of tree is that?The acclaimed Brooklyn Botanic Garden's newest guide answers all kids (and their parents) tree-related questions in an easy-to-understand way. It features 33 different trees that grow in North America, from rural Georgia to the streets of New York City to the California suburbs.

A guide to 16 trees found in the United States, providing information about their lifespan and uses, leaves, bark, and seeds.

Kids experience what makes the weather tick in this hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology. The authors explain how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform other related activities.

Weather can be wild, freaky, and fascinating! Powerful twisters roar through homes; earthquakes shatter whole cities; hurricanes fly through towns. How does it all happen and how do we know what we do? All you need to know about weather and all of its wildness will be found in the pages of this colorful, energetic, and accessible book. Kids will also learn about real-life encounters with wild weather from National Geographic tornado chaser, Tim Samaras, featured in "Explorer's Corners" throughout the book.

"Gibbons' easily identifiable artistic style works well with her explanations of sometimes misunderstood weather-related terms . . . Temperature, air pressure, moisture, and wind are broadly defined and illustrated."

Flowers in the World's Most Beautiful Gardens puts the spotlight on the star of the garden; the flower. Tracing the history of flower gardens from the Middle Ages to today, the book discusses the types of flowers commonly planted, the landscape designs, the advances in technology, and how these practices have changed throughout the centuries.

Plants cover the earth -- from deserts and rainforests to mountains and oceans. They can be as tiny as a blade of grass or as huge as a redwood tree. No matter how big they are, all plants and flowers need food to grow.

Ms. Frizzle's class is growing a beautiful garden, but Phoebe's plot is empty. Her flowers are at her old school! So, the kids climb aboard the Magic School Bus. They go to Phoebe's old school to get some of her old flowers, but they end up actually going inside the flowers. Follow the kids' colorful adventure as they learn how living things grow.

Beginning with its title question, "Are you a ladybug?", this accessible book is perfect for reading aloud and tells young readers how they would experience life if they were a ladybug.

Ants are everywhere. They creep, they crawl, they climb, and they fall. But they get up and they keep on working. Ants come in all different shapes, different sizes, and different colors. And they do a lot of different jobs. These hard-working little creatures thrive wherever they go, making whatever adaptations necessary in their ever-changing world.

You don't have to look far to see a spider's web in the corner of the window, on a fence, or in a bush spiders make their homes everywhere. And there are so many kinds of spiders! Some red, some blue, yellow, and more; all fascinating. Amazing photography and easy-to-understand text makes Spiders a hit in this National Geographic Kids series.

What's the difference between insects and spiders? Why is it so hard to swat a fly? Were insects here in the time of dinosaurs? It's all here in Everything Bug! Book jacket.

The Best Book of Bugs looks at the life cycles, habitats, and amazing diversity of insects and spiders in stunning close-up detail. This book has everything a young etymologist would ever want to know.