Lizzy Rockwell
Plants Feed Me
Lizzy Rockwell
SCHOLASTIC INC.
For Sullivan with special thanks to the Roman family, especially Jaime, and to Marian and Larry Cross of Amawalk Farm The publisher would like to thank Amy Litt, Director of Plant Genomics and Cullman Curator at The New York Botanical Garden, for reviewing this book for accuracy.
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I am a plant eater.
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Plants reach up for the sun.
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They grow down in the ground.
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I eat different parts from different plants.
Lettuce
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Sometimes I eat the leaves.
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And sometimes I eat the roots and tubers.
Root
Root
Root
Radish
Root
Tuber
Root
Beet
Parsnip
Potatoes
Carrot
Roots get water and food from earth.
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I eat the bulbs. I eat the stems and flowers too.
Flower bud
Flowers
Stem
Bulb
Root
Root
Root
Asparagus
Onion
Broccoli
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Apple
I eat fruits. Some grow on trees.
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First flowers bloom. Then come the fruits.
Flower
Fruit
Fruits have seeds.
Seed
A seed can grow a new plant.
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Blueberries are fruits. They grow on a bush.
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And melons are fruits. They grow on a vine.
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Fruits hang from the tomato plant.
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Pumpkins,
peppers,
and eggplants are fruits too.
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In some plants, the seed is the best part to eat. Peas are seeds. They grow inside pods.
Pea seed
Pod
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Beans do too.
String beans
Cranberry beans
Dried beans
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I eat seeds from rice plants.
Seeds
I eat seeds from wheat plants.
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Wheat grinder
Flour
Seed
Chaff
Wheat seeds make flour.
Flour is used to make bread and lots more.
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Walnuts are seeds. They fall from tall trees.
Fruit
A walnut in its shell
Fruit opens.
Shell opens.
Walnut
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I eat seeds. And I eat leaves. I eat flowers, bulbs, and stems. I eat roots and fruits.
Plants feed me.
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Plants feed the world.
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