Books About Plants
Eat Your Veggies
Happy Holidays
Grown in Illinois
The Color's in the Name
100

This book features a caterpillar that eats through LOTS of human food.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

100

Though it is commonly used in salads and other savory foods, this "vegetable" is actually a fruit.

Tomato

100

This type of tree is green all year round, which is why it's often used as Christmas decoration.

Evergreen/Pine

100

Cornfields are burned after harvesting because of this.

Removing old waste so that new corn can grow better.
100

This flower typically has thorns and is associated with Valentine's Day. People usually refer to these by the color they are purchasing, which can be almost anything.

Roses

200

Shel Silverstein wrote this book about a boy and an apple tree that gives him everything she can.

The Giving Tree

200

The five food groups.

Fruits, Vegetables, Grains/Carbs, Protein, Dairy

200

This plant is often used in household holiday games where being caught underneath it means you should kiss.

Mistletoe
200

There are this many types of corn.

6

200

This flower opens in the direction of the sun. 

Sunflower

300

He is the main character of The Jungle Book.

Mowgli

300

Beets, carrots, and turnips are categorized as this type of vegetable.

Root

300

This cone shaped container is sometimes associated with Thanksgiving decoration. It is also known as the "horn of plenty".

Cornucopia

300

This nut, a necessary ingredient in Nutella, is grown on shrubs that bloom in the spring.

Hazelnut

300

This shade of purpley pink is a common color for flowers. 

Magenta

400

The Secret Garden tells a story about an orphan in this European country who discovers a private garden.

England

400

Popeye the Sailor Man is famous for eating this dark green leafy vegetable to grow his muscles quickly.

Spinach

400

Before pumpkins, these root vegetables were used as Jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.

Turnips

400

These blue flowers belong to the forget-me-not family and grow with the open flower facing the ground.

Bluebells

400

Fuchsia flowers are popular for hanging baskets because they grow this way. 

Upside Down

500

A novel released in 1961 about a boy named Billy who rescues Redbone Coonhounds. The fern named in the title is found towards the end of the book and Billy hopes to return to the Ozarks to see it again.

Where the Red Fern Grows 

500

This vegetable can be found singing "The Hairbrush Song", with lyrics "Where is my hairbrush" in his special VeggieTales segment Silly Songs with Larry.

Cucumber

500

These iconic gold flowers are an important part of Día de los Muertos tradition.

Marigold

500

This flower's name might be more straightforward than you think. The flower is white and its name actually comes from the plant's underground root that produces red, blood-like sap.

Bloodroot

500

This type of oak tree is the most common in North America and has thick, peeling and grayish bark. In spring, the leaves grow silvery pink and white before the tree matures.

White Oak