Stuff That Stuff Is Made Of: The Things We Make With Plants, The

This book examines 30 plants and the materials people make from them. It links seaweed to ice cream, cork to spacecraft, and dandelions to truck tires, then explains other transformations: papyrus into paper, cacao into chocolate, baobab into rope, cotton into banknotes, and bamboo into useful materials. Plant science is paired with stories from history, technology, and places around the world to show how everyday objects begin with natural materials.