Kew Children's Guide: Grow, find and explore with brilliant activities, facts, quizzes and more

Description

Take the experience of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew home with you with this beautifully illustrated book. It is the perfect guide to the gardens for spring, summer, autumn and winter. Learn which plants you can spot in each season and learn how to grow different plants in your own garden, including sunflowers, daffodils, peas and more. It's not just plants you can find in the garden; there are lot of different animals, insects and minibeasts hiding too! Find out why bees are little garden superheroes, how many cubs are born in a badger litter and what animals and birds do to prepare for hibernation. Around the world there are lots of different types of gardens, from woodlands and rainforests to deserts and marine gardens. Discover plants and wildlife you've never encountered before in this book!

Jane McGuinness studied the BA in Illustration at Maidstone University and then went on to complete an MA in Children's Book Illustrated at Cambridge School of Art. Having grown up in Scotland, wildlife and nature have always Jane McGuinness's imagination, and have always been a key focus in her illustration. Working in a variety of media, including charcoal, screen painting and inks, Jane creates gorgeous characters and scenes. In 2016, she was awarded the Sebastian Walker Prize for illustration. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. With two inspiring gardens at Kew in London, and Wakehurst in Sussex, visitors are enchanted with the wonder of plant diversity. Over the past 250 years Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi, with many benefits for humankind.