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Flower dissection without the mess

August 1, 2016 by Tania Marien

A fun gift for children of all ages.

If you’ve ever led a flower dissection in your classroom or program, you know that this simple show-n-tell exercise takes a fair amount of planning because you need to shop for flowers, fill a bucket with water, pack scissors, pack paper towels and ask for a broom and trashcan so you can sweep flower parts and plant parts off the floor.

What if it didn’t need to be this way?

What if you could introduce students to plant morphology without the mess?

This is now possible thanks to biologist and illustrator Emily Coren, author of
Hey, Look! a Dandelion!, an engaging interactive guide about a plant familiar to many of us — the dandelion.

In twenty-nine creative pages, Emily masterfully guides readers through the dissection of the common dandelion. In her interactive guide, Emily calls on readers to tilt their book in all directions and to pull at its pages. She also encourages readers to blow into their book, something they do willingly without any inhibition whatsoever. With her book Emily has turned a fond childhood pastime into a very clever teachable moment.

This guide is a fun addition to any library and would make a great gift for the teacher, nature guide or garden docent in your life.

More about “Hey, Look! a Dandelion!”



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