Our Children’s Book of the Month for February is Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet by Nicola Davies illustrated by Emily Sutton
This tree doesn’t look like it’s doing very much: it just stands there in the sunlight, big and green. But this tree is busy…
Starting with the secret workings of a tree, this book transports readers billions of years into the past; back to the moment when plant life first appeared on our planet. Covering its evolution, the steady emergence of fossil fuels and the extraordinary communities of plants around the world today, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton combine essential biology with a powerful message, calling on readers to celebrate and cherish the most precious colour on Earth: green.
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