Our World in Pictures: Trees Leaves Flowers & Seeds

A unique and beautiful children's guide to the extraordinary world of plants from the smallest seeds to the tallest trees. We couldn't live without plants. We need them for food shelter even the air we breathe yet we know surprisingly little about them. Why do thistles bristle with spines? How do some plants trap and eat insects? Did you know there are trees more than 5000 years old? Trees Leaves Flowers & Seeds explores the mysterious world of plants to find the answers to these and many more questions. Each type of plant - such as a flowering plant a tree a grass or cactus - is examined close-up with an example shown from all angles and even in cross-section. Then picture-packed galleries show the wonderful variety of plants on different themes perhaps the habitat they grow in a flower family or the plants that supply us with our staple foods. But the book also takes a fun more sideways look at some truly weird and wonderful plants including trees with fruits like a giant's fingers orchids that look like monkey faces seeds that spin like helicopters and trees that drip poison. So open this fascinating book and find out more about the amazing world of trees leaves flowers and seeds.