Ladybird Tuesday - Plants and How They Grow

This week I'm looking at a Ladybird book which I found in a huge stash at a local charity shop the other week. There were so many and I couldn't possibly buy them all, so I picked out ones that I knew would interest me and the children. My son is always asking questions about plants, so I thought that he might like this one - Plants and how they grow. This book is a Ladybird Natural History Book and is found in series 651.

Like all Ladybird books, this book goes into a lot of depth about quite complicated scientific subjects. After a brief introduction into "What is a plant"? there are some little experiments to help you begin to identify different types of plants and learn about them. For example, digging up a plant with roots intact and examining them, then placing it into some water with a marked level and checking back the next day to see that water has been absorbed.

The book takes a close look at all the different parts of a plant - roots, stems, bud, leaves and so on, with plenty of detailed illustrations. There is also information on how plants grow from seeds, and reproduce.

We learn all about plants which grow in different environments, and the different ways that plants have adapted in order to survive. This book is full of some fascinating information and facts, and all presented in an easy to understand way.


If you love Ladybird books, do pop over and visit Ladybird Tuesday, where Being Mrs C is assembling a really comprehensive catalogue of Ladybird books and reviews.

Below you can find links to all my Ladybird Tuesday book posts.

Snow White and Rose Red
Hansel and Gretel
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Three Little Pigs
The Old Woman and her Pig
Little Red Riding Hood
The Ugly Duckling
The Railway Children
A Little Princess
A First book of Aesop's Fables

A Ladybird Book about Knitting
More Things to Make - For Special Occasions
Easy to Make Puppets
Learning to Sew
Stamp Collecting
Tricks and Magic

Prehistoric Animals and Fossils
Dinosaurs
Stone Age Man in Britain
Great Civilisations - Crete
Charles Dickens
Nelson
Lives of the Great Composers Book 1
Lives of the Great Composers Book 2
The Story of Music

Plants and How They Grow
The Ladybird Book of the Night Sky
Sea and Air Mammals
The Farm

The Story of Nuclear Power
The Motor Car
How it Works - The Computer
How it Works - The Rocket
The Story of Ships
The Postman and the Postal Service
People at Work - The Nurse

Understanding Numbers
Talkabout Clothes
Going to School
Teaching Reading

Stories of Special Days and Customs
Christmas Customs

Girls and Boys - A Ladybird Book of Childhood