The ultimate nature book for children this plant encyclopedia has everything from cacti and carnivorous plants to trees flowers and mushrooms.Why are flowers colourful and fruits sweet How does a carnivorous plant kill its prey Why do stinging nettles sting How do trees turn light into foodKnowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi tells you everything you need to know about plants and fungi by showing you how they work with beautiful illustrations. Peer inside a leaf watch a seed sprout follow a root underground and see how a flower becomes a fruit.Life on Earth couldnt exist without plants and fungi. Plants create the food we eat and the oxygen we breathe. They regulate the climate provide habitats for animals and produce sustainable resources that we can use to make books clothes furniture and houses. Fungi are just as important. Natures great recyclers they turn the living worlds leftovers into essential nutrients that plants and animals can use again. Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi shows how plants and fungi form the foundations of every ecosystem making our planet habitable.Every page is packed with incredible facts and statistics. Did you know that the seeds of the Australian snottygobble plant dont grow until theyve been pooed out by emus Or that the worlds oldest tree began growing before the pyramids were built Or that the worlds largest organism is a fungus the size of 1600 football fields Or that some fungi can take over the brains of insects and turn them into zombiesPart of DKs hugely successful Knowledge Encyclopedia series this is the perfect accompaniment to the school curriculum and an essential addition to every family library.