Table of Contents

• 1: What is a plant?
• 2: Classification of plants
• 3: Parts of a plant
• 4: Flowers
• 5: Seeds
• 6: Spreading without seeds
• 7: Feeding
• 8: Harsh habitats
• 9: Water plants
• 10: Record-breaking plants
• 11: Self-defence
• 12: Useful plants
• 13: A green future

About the Author

Pat Jacobs has written more than 50 non-fiction, reference and activity books for children on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the future of space exploration. She has lived in Paris and Germany, and has translated several children's books from German into English. Pat has two grown-up children and lives with her husband in rural Suffolk.