Kids can learn how plants germinate from seeds, how they grow, what they need to grow, what they produce, how their roots, stems and leaves function and more. The set comes with an easy-to-follow, 16-page color manual. “All Little Labs guidebooks are written in both English and Spanish…[and] include simple pictorial instructions with just enough text to reinforce vocabulary and aid in language learning,” Christa Raimondo Cronin, customer service representative at Thames & Kosmos, told TDmonthly. Launch date: August 2007.