World's Weirdest Plants
The Venus flytrap is famous for luring in and eating bugs and small animals. However, it’s not the only carnivorous plant. The pitcher plant makes sweet nectar that draws insects in to their doom! Readers with a green thumb and an eye for the weird will love learning about more odd members of the plant world, including the ancient bristlecone pine, the smelly corpse flower, and underwater forests made of kelp. Each plant’s habitat, unique traits, and prey are included in the main content, which is written in accessible language for curious elementary readers.
• Engages readers with a new way of looking at plants and their life
cycles while also addressing an important part of the science
curriculum
• Photographs allow readers to view uncommon plants up close
in full color
• Full-page diagram of each plant highlights special
structures, as well as those common to most plants
