Arboretum – Welcome to the Museum Sale

Arboretum – Welcome to the Museum

BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE

This stunning new offering from the Welcome to the Museum series celebrates trees from around the world and sheds light on the vital role they play in maintaining a healthy, thriving planet. Featuring expert text from Tony Kirkham and stunning illustrations from Katie Scott, this volume introduces you to everything from trees associated with ancient mythology to the rarest and most unusual specimens. Meet mighty oaks, towering redwoods, and ancient ginkos as you trace the astounding complexities in a vast variety of trees.

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

This book was produced in consultation with plant and fungal experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.

ARE YOU A HOMESCHOOL FAMILY, WALDORF or SCIENCE EDUCATOR?

This is a gorgeous and inspirational book for chalkboard drawings and as a reference book for kids and their grown ups.  Absolutely fabulous for homeschool parents, educators, and as a reference book for kids studying many aspects of botany, such as fungi, lichen, moss, trees, palms, herbaceous plants, grasses, bromeliads and more. Includes many illustrations of seed types, growth progression, flower parts and so much more. 

DETAILS

• Arboretum
• Written by Tony Kirkham and illustrated by Katie Scott.
• Published by Big Picture Press, March 5, 2024.
• Ages 8-12 is target age but adults will love this book too.
• 0.63″ H x 14.57″ L x 10.87″ W (2.77 lbs) 112 pages
• Hardcover

TO LEARN MORE BOTANY, VISIT

• ArKive
• American Bryological and Lichenological Society
• Botanical Society of America
•  Botanical Society of Britain
• British Bryological Society (mosses and liverworts)
• British Mycological Society (fungi)
• The Great Plant Escape for Kids
• Grow Wild (additional resources on YouTube)
• Junior Master Gardener 
• The Linnean Society
• World Flora Online
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Royal Horticultural Society
• The Science of Gardening for Kids
• The Woodland Trust

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

Kathy Willis is the director of science at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England. She is also a professor of biodiversity in the zoology department at the University of Oxford and an adjunct biology professor at the University of Bergen. She has authored or co-authored more than one hundred scientific publications. This is her first book for younger readers.

Katie Scott studied illustration at the University of Brighton before moving to London. She is inspired by the elaborate, detailed illustrations by Ernst Haeckel.