What goes on inside cones? Where does fruit come from? How do trees eat and drink?
The answers to these questions can be found in this comprehensive resource created by Gina Ingoglia, the author of 80 children’s books, a landscape designer, and the vice president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society.
After introducing young naturalists (and their grown-ups) to tree biology and tree identification, Ingoglia profiles 33 trees that are easily observed in neighborhoods, botanical gardens, or the local arboretum. Each tree profile is composed of background information about a tree, its growth, and the proper pronunciation of its scientific name. Like the plant names in our pocket dictionary, each species name is written out phonetically. Tree profiles also include a whole plant illustration and illustrations of leaves, flowers, fruit, leaf buds, needles, bark, and branches. If a characteristic is important to a tree’s identification, Ingoglia includes an illustration of this characteristic. Grade: 3-4, Age: 8-9
Buy this book at your local independent bookstore.
First published at ArtPlantae Today on Dec. 16, 2010.
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