Child’s Book of Nature: Plants

Worthington Hooker invites children to look closely and love what they see. Beginning with our natural delight in flowers, he moves step by step through fruits, seeds, leaves, buds, roots, and the life of sap—always choosing what a child can truly grasp and enjoy.

Technical terms are spared; plain words and everyday examples lead the way. Short chapters unfold in a friendly order—color, perfume, shape, habits by day and night—before opening into the growth and purpose of fruits and seeds. Questions at the end of each chapter keep eyes sharp and conversations lively.

Reading this classic (first published 1882) nurtures habits that last: attentive looking, clear describing, patience with process, and quiet wonder at how living things grow—virtues that steady the mind and gladden the heart.