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Be Thankful for Plants

By Harriet Ziefert
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The third book in the Be Thankful . . . series for kids; this time, providing a gorgeous exploration of plant life and showing how essential they are to sustaining life on Earth. Would animals be satisfied without plants? They would not! Leaves for gorillas, food... Read More
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The third book in the Be Thankful . . . series for kids; this time, providing a gorgeous exploration of plant life and showing how essential they are to sustaining life on Earth.

Would animals be satisfied without plants? They would not!
Leaves for gorillas, food for antelopes,
Grasses for zebras on African slopes.
Plankton for small krill, greens for manatees,
Plants provide food in big oceans and seas.

The third book in the successful Be Thankful . . . series, Plants, uses lilting, rhyming couplets to explore the many ways that plants are essential to our lives and the existence of life on earth. But it doesn’t stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of plants—and the environmental danger to plants posed by pollution and lack of respect for this precious resource.

In this series, kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another but to the environment as well. Kids will view the many types of plants in our lives and will see them in a whole new light after going on a botanical eco-tour in this gorgeous poem about plants. This book is printed on responsibly sourced, 100% recycled FSC paper.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781636551333

Publisher: Red Comet Press LLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Red Comet Press LLC

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 197.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 80

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Harriet Ziefert

About the Author

Harriet Ziefert wears many hats. A graduate of Smith College, she also holds an MA in education from NYU. She is the bestselling author of more than 250 children’s books and has developed easy-to-read series for several major publishing houses. As founder of Blue Apple Books, she has published over 500 titles, many of which have become bestselling modern classics. Harriet Ziefert lives in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, where she is thankful to be surrounded by nature. Brian Fitzgerald is an internationally recognized, award-winning illustrator of children’s books. He is a graduate of Ireland’s National College of Art and Design and has also worked on publishing, editorial, and design projects. Fitzgerald lives near Dublin, a port town on the banks of the river Liffy, which flows into the Irish Sea, and sometimes—quite often actually—it rains, for which he is thankful.

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