A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.

This work, a collection of essays on the natural world during a year spent in the Blue Ridge valley of Virginia, reflects the author's interactions with her wilderness surroundings. The author takes us through a year of on-foot explorations through her own landscape, bringing anecdotes, curiosities, and insights about all she observes and experiences. In the summer, she stalks muskrats in the creek and thinks about wave mechanics; in the fall, she...

A collection of full-color 3-D models, maps, fact boxes, and photographs that describe the world of plants including the germination of seeds, plant defenses, and uses of plants.

Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

A guide to the many facets of floral arranging such as balance, proper container, and choice of flowers; includes rules and practices of the National Council of State Garden Clubs.

On market day, a farm family experiences all the fun and excitement of going to and from the farmers' market.