This week’s theme is plant parts. Our “Growing Minds Day by Day” educational resource lists are designed for families and educators.
Plants
Plants Feed Me
“It’s easy to forget where everyday food comes from, but this gentle, colorful picture book explains, simply and accurately, how food gets from the garden and farm onto the dining-room tables.” -Booklist
Plant the Tiny Seed
How do you make a garden grow? In this playful book you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers. And by tapping, clapping, waving, and more, young readers can join in the action!
Du Iz Tak?
Du iz tak? What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon—with the help of a pill bug named Icky—they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort. But this is the wild world,
Stems
Text and photographs introduce the stems of trees and plants, including information on how they grow, along with their uses.
What Do Roots Do?
Peek underground, dig into the wonders of roots and discover all the amazing things roots do for trees and plants.
Starting Gardening
Learn the basics to starting a garden, whether it’s just a few pots of flowers or herbs, or a whole plot for a vegetable garden.
Seeds
Learn all about seeds! Learn what they need to grow into plants, how they can be spread around, and what types we eat.
Paperwhite
Watch as Lucy and Mamie bring a little spring into Mamie’s house during the cold winter months. Together they grow a paperwhite bulb.
Miss Maple’s Seeds
Miss Maple loves nurturing the lost seeds of the world. Travel through the seasons with her and her woodland friends as they help the seeds stay strong before it’s their time to be planted. And remember, big tall trees started out as tiny little seeds.