Waldron, Melanie
Summary: "Stems carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants, they hold plants up and carry water and food around each plant. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of stems, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the huge variation between stems...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Seeds and fruits carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants. New plants are created from seeds and fruits help to protect and spread those seeds. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of seeds and fruit, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALPortis, Antoinette
Summary: "An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PORJenkins, Steve
Summary: "Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 JENDoeden, Matt.
Summary: "Describes real-life animals and their similarities to dragons"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.24 DOEWong, James
Summary: With easy recipes using ingredients grown in your window box or the local market, ethnobotanist James Wong shows you how easy--and cheap--it is to make simple creams, salves, teas, lozenges, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 2009
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Levy, Janey
Summary: "There are stories of meat-eating plants, but are they really true? Yes! Plants are just as freaky as animals in many ways. This book dives into jungles, forests, and fields all over the world that contain some of the wildest plants on the planet. From Venus flytraps and pitcher plants to a plant that smells like a rotting corpse, these organisms are as diverse as they are weird. Toxic mosses...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580.2 LEVWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Roots carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants, they collect water and nutrients and help to hold plants in place. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of roots, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain how strong roots can be, how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Raintree 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALKuskowski, Alex.
Summary: Introduces making soups and stews; identifies cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients; and shares recipes for such foods as veggie chicken noodle soup, savory potato and ham soup, basic beef stew, and very berry dessert.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.81 KUSDickmann, Nancy
Summary: Plants are the first living step on every food chain! These remarkable life-forms make life possible for the rest of us. Readers of this information-rich book will learn all about these chlorophyll powerhouses that keep our planet alive. Detailed illustrations help readers visualize parts and processes of plants, and to understand abstract concepts. They ll love the innovative Q & A format,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 DICKimmerer, Robin Wall
Summary: "As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2020
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 KIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 KIMRobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALCapon, Brian
Summary: What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How are plants structured? How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes can be found in the bestselling Botany for Gardeners. This updated edition addresses scientific advances, changes in nomenclature and taxonomy, and more. Botany for Gardeners shares accessible information about how plants...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580 CAPFox, Cynthia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0277 FOXKeefe, Kevin P.
Summary: Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 at the peak of steam locomotive development. The narrative traces the 1225’s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard for preservation at Michigan State University, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam, first by a student club and later by a railroad museum. Milestones along the way include 1225’s...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625 KEESuthar, Nihar
Summary: "The Hope Raisers is a deeply emotional narrative that follows Daniel, Mutura, and Lucy as they fight to transform their slum through art and skating. It inspires and educates readers on African culture, female empowerment, and creating sustainable change in developing countries"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 307.3 SUTSummary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces various plant life cycles, including seed plant reproduction, asexual reproduction, cross-pollination, and germination"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 PLABates, John
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pfeifer-Hamilton 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.977 BATMunger, Susan H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2003
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat MungerHumphreys, Helen
Summary: "Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left -- no matter how diminished. Award-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book that takes a deep look at the forgotten world of herbariums and the people...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580.74 HUMSevigny, Melissa L.
Summary: "The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEVWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Flowers carry out a vital job for all flowering plants, they enable plants to reproduce. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of flowers, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do this job. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the parts of a flowering plant, the parts of a flower, how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALZona, Scott
Summary: "A fascinating and in-depth look at the endless wonders of the plant kingdom. Join botanist Scott Zona on a journey into the incredible world of plants. [This book] is a fun botanical romp that introduces the science behind how and why plants are at the foundation of all life on Earth. In layman's language, you'll unearth what separates plants from people and how the adaptations they've...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ZONCoombes, Allen J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2012