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The Junior Plant Lover's Handbook: A Green-Thumb Guide for Kids
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 “How To” instructions for planting and caring for greenery Fun plant facts Troubleshooting tips Interactive quizzes Informative, handy charts DIY crafts and projects
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 “How To” instructions for planting and caring for greenery Fun plant facts Troubleshooting tips Interactive quizzes Informative, handy charts DIY crafts and projects
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160 pages, Hardcover
Published January 28, 2025
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July 13, 2025
Checked this out from the library for my daughter but i
ended up enjoying it myself. not only are the illustrations beautiful but I learned a great deal from the book (I.e. time line for forcing bulbs) highly recommend for a budding horticulturist.
ended up enjoying it myself. not only are the illustrations beautiful but I learned a great deal from the book (I.e. time line for forcing bulbs) highly recommend for a budding horticulturist.
March 28, 2025
I'm starting the review so I can take notes as I read. These three sentences will be removed when I'm finished. Please excuse my iPhone's sense of spelling and comma placement.
This is a very attractive book. Bright, colorful illustrations. The back cover refers to it as an "illustrated guide to all things plants". The introduction refers to exploring the ways plants "interact with the world around them", promises that we would learn that plants "act as homes to bugs and animals", and claims it will teach us "how different types of plants live, and thrive, both indoors and outdoors". The introduction concludes by saying "this book is the perfect guide whether you're growing indoors or in the great outdoors". It was therefore a great disappointment for me to look at the table of contents and see sections and chapters relating ONLY to house plants.
- We start with a three page vocabulary. I found this interesting because I have been actively growing plants for 45 years and I've never seen some of these words, nor have I ever used them.
- Then there is a reasonable list of required tools. I absolutely love it that she included "patience, curiosity, compassion, persistence, and a respect for nature" as part of the tool list.
- There is a list of various types of pots. Unfortunately there is little information about how to grow a plant successfully in those pots and more information about the history of Romans and Greeks and all kinds of historical people who used pots. Why?
- There is a good section on light, potting mixes, water, and pests that is suitable for beginners. Note that there is no emphasis on building good soils, so this book is entirely devoted to container plants, primarily house plants.
- There's a good introduction to fertilizer and plant care tags.
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Age: 8 - 12
Grade: 3 - 7
This is a very attractive book. Bright, colorful illustrations. The back cover refers to it as an "illustrated guide to all things plants". The introduction refers to exploring the ways plants "interact with the world around them", promises that we would learn that plants "act as homes to bugs and animals", and claims it will teach us "how different types of plants live, and thrive, both indoors and outdoors". The introduction concludes by saying "this book is the perfect guide whether you're growing indoors or in the great outdoors". It was therefore a great disappointment for me to look at the table of contents and see sections and chapters relating ONLY to house plants.
- We start with a three page vocabulary. I found this interesting because I have been actively growing plants for 45 years and I've never seen some of these words, nor have I ever used them.
- Then there is a reasonable list of required tools. I absolutely love it that she included "patience, curiosity, compassion, persistence, and a respect for nature" as part of the tool list.
- There is a list of various types of pots. Unfortunately there is little information about how to grow a plant successfully in those pots and more information about the history of Romans and Greeks and all kinds of historical people who used pots. Why?
- There is a good section on light, potting mixes, water, and pests that is suitable for beginners. Note that there is no emphasis on building good soils, so this book is entirely devoted to container plants, primarily house plants.
- There's a good introduction to fertilizer and plant care tags.
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Age: 8 - 12
Grade: 3 - 7
April 24, 2025
Great illustrations! Nicely laid out for new indoor gardeners.
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September 16, 2025Not for me.
October 1, 2025
A good basic book with some basics about houseplants, plus a good list of beginners houseplants. One thing I really appreciate was that it listed which plants are pet safe.
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