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Author Thorogood, Chris, author.

Title Perfectly peculiar plants / Chris Thorogood ; illustrated by Catell Ronca.

Publication Info. Lake Forest, CA : Words & Pictures, an imprint of the Quarto Group, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J580 THO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J 580.2 THOROGOOD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 580 THO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 580 THO c.214  Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J NATURE 580 THO    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J 580 THO    Check Shelf
Description 64 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents What's so great about plants?; Giant waterlily; Pebble plant; Queen of the night cactus; Sundew; How do plants get energy?; Strangler fig; Saguaro cactus; Pitcher plant; Baobab tree; Living side by side; Ant plant; Tank bromeliad; Tree shrew toilet pitcher; Bucket orchid; Can plants talk?; Mopane; Dead horse arum; Bee orchid; Rafflesia; Why do plants have flowers?; Burdock; Titan arum; Sea bean; Can plants move?; Venus flytrap; Squirting cucumber; Resurrection plant; Air plant; Protecting plants.
Summary As you explore these amazing species, gain a foundation of knowledge about the plant kingdom. How do plants get energy? Can plants talk? Why do plants have flowers? Can plants move? Learn how plants get energy and nutrients, how animals and plants work together, how plants can send out chemical messages, and finally, how to protect plants and their habitats. Bursting with color, there's something new and unexpected to discover on every page of this celebration of fierce and fabulous plants.-- Amazon.
Subject Plants -- Juvenile literature.
Plants.
Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Botany.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Trees & Forests.
Genre/Form Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Ronca, Catell, 1974- illustrator.
ISBN 9781786032867 (hardcover)
1786032864 (hardcover)
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