Grow Written by Rizaniño Reyes, illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows

A Children's Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them
"An exceptionally good-looking volume."– The Bookseller

In this book, discover 15 plants with life-changing powers, then learn how to grow them. Meet each plant's surprising relations (did you know the tasty tomato is a cousin of deadly nightshade?) discover their history (bromeliads defended themselves against the dinosaurs!). Then, follow the step-by-step instructions to grow and care for each plant, whether you have a big back garden or a sunny windowsill.

Written by horticulturalist Riz Reyes and fully illustrated throughout, this is the perfect introduction to growing plants for families everywhere.</span>Rizaniño Reyes is a horticulturalist, speaker and educator. Growing up in the Philippines, Reyes spent his childhood on a fruit plantation managed by his father before moving to the Pacific Northwest aged 7. Upon arrival in the United States, Reyes learned the names of the new and strange flowers and continued to nurture his love of horticulture – “the art and science of plants” – at the University of Washington. Of his work, he says he hopes to inspire more young people, “especially people of colour, to be involved with interacting with nature and learning about the environment… If everyone did this, can you imagine what a beautiful world this could be?”

Sara Boccaccini Meadows is a British-born illustrator based in Los Angeles. Her playful and illustrative work, created in watercolour, gouache and ink pen and inspired by the great outdoors, has won her an audience of a quarter of a million followers on Instagram.

Hardback; 310 x 256 mm (P); 64pp. Ages 5 and up.
Publishing March 2022