Gardening for Kids: Pollinators

Rhyming text explores the wonders of natural cooperation between flowers and the animals and insects of the forest.

Demonstrates how Scout the bee searches for nectar to sustain her hive and pollinates flowers to produce seeds and fruits.

Shows gardeners how to attract butterflies to their gardens and provides other facts about butterflies.

Plants make pollen so more plants can grow. The pollen needs to get from plant to plant. How does this happen? Let's investigate pollination!

Readers will learn how bees, butterflies, ants, and other insects assist in pollination.

"Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants. [This book] celebrates the magic of bees--from swarming to dancing to making honey--and encourages readers to do their part to keep the hives alive"--Amazon.com.

Presents facts about the ongoing investigation into the decline of honey bees around the world from colony collapse disorder, as scientists look at the impact of such factors as pesticides, farmer transportation of bee hives, fungal infections, and climate change.

"This beautifully illustrated, comprehensive book explores everything you've ever wanted to know about why plants are so essential. In this third book in the Nature All Around series, young readers will learn all about different plants' parts, life cycles, habitats and more, before going on a journey through a year in a plant's life. Essential scientific topics, such as pollination and photosynthesis, are explained in kid-friendly language, with helpful...