The Great Pollination Investigation: and How We Get Food from Flowers

By Author / Illustrator

Deborah Hocking, Deborah Hocking

Genre

Environment & Nature

Age range(s)

Publisher

Templar Books

ISBN

9781800788138

Format

Hardback

Published

22-05-2025

Synopsis

Flowers make the world SO lovely!
But WHY are they so bright and beautiful?
And HOW ON EARTH do they make food?
Let's find out in THE GREAT POLLINATION INVESTIGATION!

With lots of fun flaps to lift, take a look inside a flower and find out what all the little parts do, meet the amazing animals that carry pollen from bloom to bloom, and discover how seeds and fruits are made. Look for the adorable bees buzzing around on every page to help with the science bits!

You can carry out your very own pollination investigation with the project at the back of the book and instructions on how to make a pollination wand to tickle your flowers!

With gorgeously bright artwork by Deborah Hocking, fact-packed text checked by the experts at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and flaps to lift, this innovative nonfiction picture book is an immersive and exciting read for ages four and up.

Reviews

Louise

This beautifully designed lift-the-flap book is a delightful deep dive into the hidden world of flowers and the vital role they play in our ecosystem, especially in the food we eat. From the bright colors that attract buzzing insects, to the intricate inner workings of pollination, each page reveals fascinating facts in an interactive and engaging way.

The power of this book is its combination of gorgeous, detailed illustrations and scientific accuracy, thanks to its collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It introduces young readers to terms like ovules, stigma, and pollination, making it a perfect choice for children who are beginning to explore science in more depth.

The flaps and pop-ups invite active learning, while real-world connections, such as how flowers turn into fruit, and how plants feed animals that produce milk and eggs, broaden the reader's understanding of nature’s food chain. A tomato seed experiment at the back adds a fun, hands-on activity to reinforce learning.

The Great Pollination Investigation is ideal to support a year 2 class science topic on plants and living things; young readers who enjoy nature, science, and interactive books will be fascinated by this fact-filled, visually stunning resource that will inspire wonder about the natural world.

32 pages / Reviewed by Louise Gahan, teacher