Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany
Learn about the importance of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in this children’s book that includes an introduction to botany and a plant identification guide.

Native plants surround us every day, so it’s easy to take them for granted. But they are vital to the existence of all animals—including humans! Native plants provide sources for food and shelter that wildlife can’t live without. Become a young botanist. Learn all about native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs. Professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels presents a kids’ introduction to botany. From beautiful wildflowers like the common sunflower to majestic trees like the red maple, this easy-to-understand book is a perfect guide for beginners.

Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids begins with an introduction to plants. Then it guides readers through the process of pollination, spotlighting the essential role that bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play. The book further discusses why native plants are important to a healthy ecosystem and outlines how children and families can take action to help them. In the field-guide section, 150 native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs are organized by color and by type. Full-color photographs and descriptions of key markings help readers to identify the species they see in nature.

Inside You’ll Find

  • Beginner’s guide to native plants and pollinators
  • The basics of botany and how pollination works
  • Identification guide to common plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs
  • Garden plans and bonus activities for the family
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Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany
Learn about the importance of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in this children’s book that includes an introduction to botany and a plant identification guide.

Native plants surround us every day, so it’s easy to take them for granted. But they are vital to the existence of all animals—including humans! Native plants provide sources for food and shelter that wildlife can’t live without. Become a young botanist. Learn all about native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs. Professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels presents a kids’ introduction to botany. From beautiful wildflowers like the common sunflower to majestic trees like the red maple, this easy-to-understand book is a perfect guide for beginners.

Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids begins with an introduction to plants. Then it guides readers through the process of pollination, spotlighting the essential role that bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play. The book further discusses why native plants are important to a healthy ecosystem and outlines how children and families can take action to help them. In the field-guide section, 150 native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs are organized by color and by type. Full-color photographs and descriptions of key markings help readers to identify the species they see in nature.

Inside You’ll Find

  • Beginner’s guide to native plants and pollinators
  • The basics of botany and how pollination works
  • Identification guide to common plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs
  • Garden plans and bonus activities for the family
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Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany

Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany

by Jaret C. Daniels
Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany

Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany

by Jaret C. Daniels

Overview

Learn about the importance of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in this children’s book that includes an introduction to botany and a plant identification guide.

Native plants surround us every day, so it’s easy to take them for granted. But they are vital to the existence of all animals—including humans! Native plants provide sources for food and shelter that wildlife can’t live without. Become a young botanist. Learn all about native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs. Professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels presents a kids’ introduction to botany. From beautiful wildflowers like the common sunflower to majestic trees like the red maple, this easy-to-understand book is a perfect guide for beginners.

Pollinators & Native Plants for Kids begins with an introduction to plants. Then it guides readers through the process of pollination, spotlighting the essential role that bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play. The book further discusses why native plants are important to a healthy ecosystem and outlines how children and families can take action to help them. In the field-guide section, 150 native plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs are organized by color and by type. Full-color photographs and descriptions of key markings help readers to identify the species they see in nature.

Inside You’ll Find

  • Beginner’s guide to native plants and pollinators
  • The basics of botany and how pollination works
  • Identification guide to common plants, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs
  • Garden plans and bonus activities for the family

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781647550523
Publisher: Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 04/08/2025
Series: Simple Introductions to Science
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jaret C. Daniels is a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, and he is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. Jaret holds a Ph.D. in entomology and specializes in the ecology and conservation of at-risk butterflies and other native insect pollinators. He is a professional nature photographer and author of many successful field guides, gardening books, and general interest titles on butterflies, insects, wildflowers, native plants, and wildlife landscaping, including Butterflies of the Midwest Field Guide; Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Upper Midwest; Backyard Bugs; Vibrant Butterflies; and Insects & Bugs for Kids. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, with his wife, Stephanie, and their six cats.

Read an Excerpt

What Is a Plant, Anyway?

Plants are amazing. They come in a dizzying array of forms and can be found in virtually all regions of our planet. Plants belong to the kingdom Plantae and represent one of the primary multicellular life forms on earth. Many, like mosses, ferns, trees, shrubs, grasses, and herbs, are quite familiar organisms that we encounter most every day. Others such as green algae, cycads, and liverworts are a bit more unusual. In fact, it’s the overall composition of plants that help characterize the majority of different habitat types such as grassland, forest, desert, and savannah.

Compared to animals, plants certainly look quite different. They can be distinguished from animals in several important ways. Plants produce their own food and are unable to move from one place to another on their own; their cells have walls; and most possess roots, stems, and leaves. Another common feature of plants is their general overall green color. This last quality may be one of the most important because it is critical to life on earth. The color comes from chlorophyll, a green pigment found within chloroplasts. These are specialized organelles in plant cells that carry out the process of photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, light energy from the sun, water taken up by roots, and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are used to fuel a chemical reaction that results in the production of sugar (glucose) and oxygen. Plants use the sugar as food to grow and store any surplus. This energy-rich resource provides food for other organisms like animals that are unable to produce their own food. The resulting oxygen that plants release into the atmosphere is essential for life on earth, as most living things, including humans, need oxygen to survive.

Botany is the study of plants. It is a large scientific field that makes contributions to ecology, genetics, physiology, taxonomy, evolution, molecular biology, agriculture, medicine, conservation, and biodiversity. People who study plants are called botanists, and they work in laboratories and out in nature. They study the function of plants, identify new species, and uncover the evolutionary relationships between species. They help ensure safe and sustainable food production; identify, understand, and fight plant pests and diseases; restore ecosystems; study fossils and reconstructions of past environments; and do many other very useful things. They even help conserve rare and endangered species.

Of course, you don’t need to have a college degree to enjoy or study plants. Anyone can learn about plants and even collect valuable scientific information or make new discoveries. Today, there are many opportunities for citizen scientists—members of the general public—to help collect data and contribute to science. No matter if you live in the city or out in the country, there are many citizen science programs available, and kids can participate too! Citizen scientists can help track invasive species, identify new plant populations, and even help understand how our changing climate affects plant timing.

Table of Contents

What Is a Plant, Anyway?

The First Plants

The Anatomy of a Flowering Plant

Types of Pollination

How Pollination Works

Plants Today

Know Your Taxonomic Names

Major Groups of Pollinators

Pollinator/Plant Relationships

Pollinator-Friendly Landscapes

Why Native Plants Are Important

The Good News: You Can Make a Difference

How to Use This Book

Field Guide Section

Know Your Invasives: Plants to Avoid

Garden Plans and Projects

Glossary

Index

About the Author

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