Del Norte Public Library

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this updated guide, you'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plans and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous look-alikes, and take charge of your...

"A guide to selecting and growing plants for your home, including a plant profile quiz"--

A young boy explains the different plants and parts of plants that people commonly eat, from roots and tubers to fruits and vegetables.

Plants played a principal role in the diets of Native Americans and Canadian First Peoples when Columbus rediscovered the New World. They regularly supplemented meat and fish with wild fruits, nuts, roots, tubers, greens, seeds, beverages, and the like, which were gathered from the land around them.

"This field guide highlights 100 flowers and plants found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding about these living things and will be able to identify them in the wild"--Provided by publisher.

The class learns how plants grow when they go on a field trip to Phoebe's old school.

A parade of inquisitive insects follows the progress of a sunflower seed in this first look at the life cycle of a sunflower.