| Description |
189 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Translated from French. |
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"First published in Switzerland in 2018 under the title Drôle d'encyclopédie végétale by Éditions La Joie de Lire ... Genève, Switzerland."--Colophon. |
| Summary |
Welcome to this collection of amazing plants from all over the world, chosen for their unique traits and characteristics, with fun illustrations by Adrienne Barman. Meet the evergreens, the edibles and the elderly plants that have outlived the dinosaurs in this alphabetically-ordered encyclopedia. Filled with fascinating flowers, curious crops and wonderful weeds, this book will keep young explorers busy for hours. A fantastic follow-up to smash-hit Creaturepedia. |
| Contents |
The air fresheners -- The all-blacks -- The aquatics -- The big eaters -- The blues and purples -- The cereals -- The citris fruits -- The climbers -- The confused fruits -- The deciduous trees -- The dyes -- The evergreens -- The forest dwellers -- The fruits you have to peel -- The garden vegetables -- The giants -- The guests -- The healers -- The herbs -- The historical -- The homebodies -- The hybrids -- The imposters -- The lookalikes -- The magical -- The meadow flowers -- The mountaineers -- The old timers -- The ornamentals -- The perennials -- The perfumed -- The poisoners -- The prickly -- The reds and pinks -- The rock plants -- The salads -- The sand lovers -- The seed sowers -- The spices -- The spotty and stripy -- The spreaders -- The stars -- The stinkers -- The stoned fruits -- The tasty fruits -- The transformers -- The tropical -- The useful -- The whites and yellows -- Appendix: leaf shapes. |
| Awards |
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2020 |
| Subject |
Plants -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
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Plants -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
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Medicinal plants -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
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Plants, Ornamental -- Juvenile literature.
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Plants -- Identification -- Juvenile literature.
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Medicinal plants. (OCoLC)fst01014866
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Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
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Plants -- Identification.
(OCoLC)fst01066043
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Plants, Ornamental. (OCoLC)fst01066182
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Plants -- Dictionaries.
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Botany -- Dictionaries.
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Picture dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Beer, Amy-Jane, author, translator.
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Davidson, Felicity, author, translator.
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| Added Title |
Drôle d'encyclopédie végétale. English
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| ISBN |
9781786031396 (hardcover) |
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1786031396 (hardcover) |
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9781786031389 |
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1786031388 |
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