Are you curious about plants?  Do you wonder how they grow, die down, and then burst up all over again? If so, you'll be fascinated by the story of ferns.

In a clear text and accurate, detailed drawings, we see the structure of the various ferns, how they differ from each other, how they reproduce without seeds or flowers, and how they came into existence more than two million years ago.

Ferns grow all over the world, and have some amazing uses.  for example, the fern called bracken is made into thatched roofs, packing material for fresh foods, a leather tanner, and a detergent.

The author also shows you how to have fun by collecting your own ferns, raising them indoors or outdoors, or even steaming the fiddleheads you gather for family dinner!

And if you have a very BIG imagination, when you grow your own miniature fern forest in an indoor terrarium, you can even pretend it's the giant fern forest of 200 million years ago when the earth was young, and some of the fern trees towered over 100 feet high.

From the dust jacket