Meet the plants. Explore the leaves, roots, flowers, scents, and flavors that make an herb garden come alive.
Can You Read Nature? · Close to Home
Leaves, roots, flowers, and flavor. Wonder is growing all around you.
Follow familiar herbs from garden to kitchen through a nature book filled with plant science, practical discoveries, and colorful art for curious families.
Ages 5–14+Family nature bookArt by Shana Songin
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Hardcover
The keepsake nature book for curious explorers
$29.95hardcover
- The perfect gift for curious kids
- A nature book for your own backyard
- Original art that makes plant science memorable
- $1 to Children and Nature Network
Ebook
The nature book you can take anywhere
$12.95instant download
- Your perfect garden companion, see 10x more
- Kinder to the planet, nothing in a landfill
- Plant science shines on a screen
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Look closer
Every spread uncovers a new way to grow.
Follow the garden story. Discover pollinators, seeds, soil, seasons, and the people who turn tiny plants into shared meals.
Meet the artist
Shana Songin
Artist, storyteller, and lifelong plant lover
“I wanted every page to feel like stepping into a garden—where a familiar leaf can open the door to a whole new story.”
Hello! I am a freelance Illustrator with a love for Animation. Because of that, I aim to put a bit of magic into everything that I create.
I grew up around nature and have a strong respect for herbs and what they can do!
Nature is part of our lives, and is ultimately our home, so why shouldn’t we respect it?
As with nature, I believe that art is an important part of our lives! It’s a way to express ourselves in a way that no one else can, and it connects people in ways that is hard found elsewhere.
That’s what I aim to do; connect with people through art. I want to make art that makes people want to make their own art, and I hope you feel that through the pages in my books!
Do what you love, and pursue it with your full heart. If you don’t, then who will?
Shana’s illustrations invite families to slow down, get their hands in the soil, and notice the useful wonders growing close to home.
About this book
What is inside
Explore herbs, roots, leaves, flowers, scents, flavors, pollinators, seeds, soil, seasons, kitchen uses, and ten close-to-home discoveries.
About the author
Narrated by Neil Rosen, children’s book author and founder of WildStork. Neil writes every book as an invitation to look closer, stay longer, and discover what families miss when they move too fast.
Reading level
Ages 5 to 14. Designed for the whole family, with lyrical storytelling and real science to share together.
Wear the wonder
Bring the herb garden home. Wear the wonder.
Pair the hardcover nature book with the matching Herbs shirt for a gift that keeps garden curiosity growing long after the final page.
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