When Plants Attack: Strange and Terrifying Plants

by Rebecca E. Hirsch

Book Overview

Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do. Featured plants include the Venus Flytrap, an African tree that houses stinking ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a "vampire vine" that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541526708
• ISBN13: 9781541526709
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9