First Children Encyclopedia

Sugar is produced from

sugar cane, a giant

tropical grass.

Maize is used for all

sorts of food products,

including tortillas.

Wheat is used for flour

to make bread and cakes,

and for pasta.

Texas bluebonnet

Grassland trees often

have flat bottoms, where

animals have grazed.

A sea of grass

The grass we eat

Grass doesn’t just provide

food for animals, it

provides food for us. In

fact, most people’s main

food comes from grasses.

Rice is a major food in

Asia, and is eaten around

the world.

Rye is mixed with wheat

to make a heavy flour

that is used for bread.

Spring flowers

While tropical

grasslands burst

into life in the

rainy season,

northern grasslands

burst to life in the

spring. The fields

often contain

colourful flowers.

Acacia tree

Grass attack

Walk through grass and

you may find seeds

clinging to your clothes.

Some seeds cling on

with tiny hooks that

work like Velcro.

Giraffe

Baobab trees

In Africa, the baobab

tree survives the blistering

heat of the dry season by

swelling and storing water

in its trunk.

Goosegrass seed

Some of them have been growing there for 3,000 years.^165