The Global Garden

by Kate Petty

Other authorsJennie Maizels (Illustrator), Corina Fletcher (Paper engineer)
Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

581.63

Publication

Eden Project Children's Books (2005), Edition: Pop, Hardcover, 12 pages

Description

In this fantastic interactive guide--with pop-ups, pull-tabs, wheels, and flaps--children learn all about the origins of food and clothing and discover all the plants that people can't do without. For those who've wondered where sugar grows, what a chocolate tree looks like, or where jeans or bicycle tires come from, the answers are all here and are shared by friendly bees who guide the reader along their way. Inspired by England's Eden Project Botanic Garden, this ingenious, prize-winning volume is ideal for Earth Day celebrations in April.

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Physical description

12 p.; 9.3 inches

ISBN

1903919169 / 9781903919163

Local notes

Inspired by the Eden Project in Cornwall. What does a chocolate tree look like and where does sugar come from? Turn the wheels, lift the flaps and pull the tabs to discover the plants we can't do without.
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