Plants Kids

Avocados! Surprise! The avocado is a fruit! Actually avocado is a large berry that contains a single seed. Avocados tend to be treated like a vegetable and used in savory dishes, but they grow according to the definition of a fruit. Maybe that’s why they work so well with mangoes, pears, peaches and pomegranates. Yum! So what does an avocado and an alligator have in common? Skin! Sometimes the avocado is called the alligator pear because of its rough green skin. Plus, when cut in half it looks just like an alligator’s eye! There are over 500 known varieties of the avocado in the world, ...

Are you tired of stressing about what to cook for lunch or dinner for your kids? Unsure how to feed your family tasty AND healthy meals? Trying to eat more plant-based but running out of ideas that actually taste good and provide variety? Then look no further. The Busy Flexitarian Mom is a collection of simple, quick, easy, and delicious recipes that are mostly plant-based and gluten-free. The author follows a flexitarian diet, which consists of mostly vegetarian choices with a few dairy and meat/fish options sprinkled throughout. This makes it much easier to transition and maintain a ...

More of us are turning to plant-focused diets for our health and the health of the environment. But there haven't been reliable, evidence-based resources out there for a new generation of compassionate, conscientious parents - until now. The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler is your go-to resource, offering easy-to-digest nutritional facts and guidelines that aren't available elsewhere, with a special focus on the most important period of a child's life when it comes to developing good eating habits: infancy and toddlerhood.

Get this fun dinosaur book in paperback too! Jake and Jennie Talk about Dinosaurs is a great learning tool for young readers who are interested in dinosaurs. The text is simple for young readers, with interesting facts they can understand. Filled with colorful, fun, fantasy pictures that are fun to talk about. Jake and Jennie are talking to their science teacher about dinosaurs. They are learning simple facts about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. They also find out how long ago dinosaurs roamed Earth and some of the reasons they became extinct. Excellent book for ages 5 to 9. Table ...

In this instalment, Leah the biology expert and Gustavo the history buff are whisked away on a mission to a forest in North Carolina, USA. There, they meet a botanist working to protect the amazing Venus flytrap - an endangered species of plant - from being stolen by poachers and sold for money. It'll take every bit of brainpower, bravery and expertise that Leah and Gustavo have to stop the poachers and rescue the plants.

Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers - from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.