The Junior Plant Lover's Handbook: A Green-Thumb Guide for Kids - Hardcover
The Junior Plant Lover's Handbook: A Green-Thumb Guide for Kids - Hardcover
About this item
by Molly Williams (Author), Michelle Carlos (Illustrator)
An interactive, illustrated guide perfect for any burgeoning plant lover!
Research shows plants can keep us (and our living spaces) happier and healthier. This illustrated guide breaks down everything from basic light and water needs to soil and temperature requirements for over fifty plants, and will help you find the right plant(s) for your personality, regardless of where you live or how much space you have. With an expansive glossary of plant terms, you'll be speaking like a horticulture pro in no time. Each section includes:- "How To" instructions for planting and caring for greenery
- Fun plant facts
- Troubleshooting tips
- Interactive quizzes
- Informative, handy charts
- DIY crafts and projects
Author Biography
Molly Williams is the author of Killer Plants: Growing and Caring for Flytraps, Pitcher Plants and Other Deadly Flora (Running Press), How to Speak Flower (RP Kids), and Taming the Potted Beast: The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-so-Humble Houseplant (Andrews McMeel). She writes regularly for Apartment Therapy's gardening and horticulture section and other lifestyle magazines. She grew up on a flower farm and is now a professor of writing in New England.
Michelle Carlos is a Filipino illustrator based in Germany. Her art is largely informed by her dreams, childhood memories, and life abroad. When not exploring, she is constantly creating things while singing her heart out and drinking lots of tea.
