Books with author Barbara Cork

This pocket-sized guide explores the amazing natural world, from the tiny parts of a flower to mysterious deep-sea creatures. The clear, concise text and detailed illustrations reveal the fascinating lives of animals and plants in a simple, attractive way. This book also contains descriptions of Usborne-recommended Web sites that you can visit to find out more.

This book is a fascinating introduction to the amazing diversity of plant life, which ranges from giant Redwood Trees to tiny water plants no bigger than a full stop. Concentrating on the unusual, the extraordinary and the unexplained, it provides a stimulating starting point for the study of many aspects of plant life such as feeding habits, pollination, partnerships with insects and ways of surviving heat, drought and gale-force winds.