What's your favorite kind of flower CURIOUS Questions and answers about Plants Have you ever grown a plant from a seed Have you ever hugged a tree If you could be friends with a bat or a bee Which Would you choose Would you rather be a caterpillar or a butterfly What's your favorite fruit or vegetable Words by Camilla de la Bédoyère İllustrations by Tim Budgen
What is a plant Plants are living things that can Leaves 1 Make new plants Plants may not have babies but they can make new plants that look just like them It’s called reproduction and most plants do this by making seeds Seed Stem Seeds grow into new plants which then make more seeds 2 Breathe Plants breathe air through tiny holes in their leaves 3 Get rid of waste Plants are useful because when they breathe they make a waste gas called oxygen it’s the gas we need to stay alive Thanks for giving me clean air to breathe We breathe in carbon dioxide from the air and breathe out oxygen 4
4 Use senses A plant may not have eyes but it can sense light and it can feel smell hear and 6 Get food Some plants eat bugs but most of them make their own food They use this to I’m a sticky sundew plant catching insects for my dinner 5 move Plants move their leaves to face the sun Seeds travel too Some of them are carried a long way on the wind I’m off to find a great place to grow into a new plant From little acorns mighty oaks can grow 7 grow Most plants even giant trees start their lives as seeds but they soon grow and change 5
