The Reason for a Flower
A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · February 15, 1999
“[An] extravagantly beautiful creation.
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- Who it’s for
- A rhythmic, colorful introduction to what flowers, pollen, seeds, and other plant parts do.
- Themes
- Botany, Flowers, pollen, and seeds, Plant parts and their functions
- Genres
- Plants & Flowers, Kids' Gardening, Biology & Life Science
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“[An] extravagantly beautiful creation. It is unusual in its ingenious way of teaching botany and interesting words to the littlest of readers.” —Publishers Weekly “Ms. Heller’s colors and drawings are as electrifying as ever.” —Los Angeles Times The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.
Botany in Bloom
A rhythmic, colorful introduction to what flowers, pollen, seeds, and other plant parts do.
Come here for
- Plant science with a playful sense of language
- A close look at the work behind a flower
Expect
- Rhythmic writing and vivid illustrations
- Accessible explanations of plant parts and their functions
Where it sits
| Plants & Flowers | 99% |
|---|---|
| Biology & Life Science | 79% |
| Kids' Gardening | 55% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Plants & Flowers
- Biology & Life Science
- Authors
- Ruth Heller
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- February 15, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Botany · Flowers, pollen, and seeds · Plant parts and their functions
- Reading lane
- Plants & Flowers