Plants & Fungi by DK

TL;DR: If I had an unlimited book budget, these kind of books would be a constant purchase
Source: Thank you so much to publisher!

Science: I love learning fun new facts and this one impressed me with some things I didn’t know, presented in easy to read snippets.
Photography: The art and photography in this was the type of jaw dropping that makes you just stop and linger on a page.

Thoughts

I used to read DK guides as a kid, no joke. I’d check out the ones about animals from my middle school library and read them cover to cover. And it wasn’t just once, nope, I’d read those suckers multiple times a year. So picking up Plants & Fungi was almost nostalgic for me and definitely gave me that same feeling of joy.

The photography in this absolutely stunning. If you’re a sucker for nature photography, or love plants and mushrooms you’re going to be fully enchanted by this. Honestly the photography is lovely enough for me to say this is worth the pickup. There were a few times when I’d turn the page and just sit for a minute and enjoy what I was seeing.

The information itself was also well structured, laid out and informative. For a surface level exploration of the topic, with attention paid to the types and history of Plants & Fungi I learned far more than I expected and enjoyed a lot of it. It’s a great casual reading nonfiction if you are looking for a visual introduction to the subject matter.

I loved this, if it’s not obvious. The nostalgia in reading one of these was deep, but I was also just so impressed. I am going to go out of my way to look for more of these books now, I cannot wait to see what other new volumes look like.

5 out of 5 stunning photographs