The next installment in the popular The Big Book series is a fascinating introduction to some of the most magnificent and surprising flowering plants from around the world.

In The Big Book of Blooms, the next installment in the wildly successful The Big Book series, Yuval Zommer’s charming illustrations bring to life some of the most colorful, flamboyant, and unusual flowers from across the globe.

In the opening pages, readers will learn all about botany, including how to recognize different types of flowers. Subsequent pages illustrate the various habitats that are home to flora such as pitcher plants, the giant water lily, and the weirdly wonderful corpse flower. Readers will discover which flowers are endangered and why some blooms are fragrant or colorful, not to mention grisly details about carnivorous and poisonous flowers.

This title pairs picture-book charm and concise, informative text to create a beautiful book for children to return to. Zommer’s quirky illustrations appeal to young readers, who will relish these fun and amazing facts about the world’s most exciting plants.

Yuval Zommer is an award-winning and best-selling author, illustrator, and environmentalist based in London. He studied at the Royal College of Art and worked for many years as a creative director at leading advertising agencies before becoming an author and illustrator. Titles in his Big Book series have been worldwide bestsellers, with over 1.8 million copies in print across thirty languages.

Barbara Taylor has worked as a science editor and writer at London’s Natural History Museum. She is an award-winning author and consultant for over one hundred children’s books.

Categories

• Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems

Product Details

ISBN: 9780500651995
ISBN-10: 050065199X
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: May 5th, 2020
Pages: 64
Language: English
Series: The Big Book Series

Recommended Reading Level

Minimum Age: 4
Maximum Age: 8
Minimum Grade Level: P
Maximum Grade Level: 2

A large-format introduction to flowers and their pollinators... Zommer employs agile brushwork and a fondness for graceful lines and bright colors to bring to life bustling bouquets from a range of habitats, from rainforest to desert. A floral fantasia for...budding botanists.
— Kirkus Reviews

Zommer’s refreshingly clever, bright, watercolor illustrations of flowers, insects, and birds flow across double-page spreads, some vertical, some horizontal… This joins four other books in Zommer’s excellent Big Book series.
— Booklist