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001 on1130544971
003 OCoLC
005 20201014033001.0
008 191210s2020 onca j b 001 0 eng
010 2019956173
015 20200152106|2can
020 9781771473699|q(hardcover)
020 177147369X|q(hardcover)
035 (OCoLC)1130544971
040 NLC|beng|erda|cNLC|dOCLCF|dBDX|dYDX|dDPL|dLMJ|dOQX|dOI6
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042 lac
049 GPIA
050 4 QK921|b.K35 2020
082 0 j581.4/7|223
100 1 Kaner, Etta,|eauthor.
245 10 Pretty tricky :|bthe sneaky ways plants survive /|cwritten
by Etta Kaner ; illustrated by Ashley Barron.
264 1 Toronto, ON ;|aBerkeley, CA :|bOwlkids Books,|c2020.
300 48 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c30 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 Includes bibliographic references (page 48) and index.
505 0 Plants on the defense. A quick-change artist ; Triple
trickery ; Playing dead ; Faking it ; Give and take --
Making more plants. Kidnapped! ; Masterful deceptions ;
Exploding flowers ; What is that smell? ; Seeds in
disguise ; Seed hitchhikers ; No cheaters allowed! -- Food,
glorious food! Food thief ; With a little help from my
friends ; Gotcha! ; Plant or toilet? ; Super suckers --
Want to know more about plants?
520 "Ever thought of plants as sneaky or tricky? Probably not.
But after reading this book, you might think differently.
In this latest non-fiction book by the award-winning
author Etta Kaner, readers are introduced to variety of
plants from around the world that use trickery to survive
and thrive. From the shape-changing Boquila vine that
avoids the threat of being eaten by blending in with its
host plant; to the pungent (to humans) Carrion flower that
uses a rotten meat smell to lure the flies that play an
important role in its pollination; to the large Nepenthes
rajah, a pitcher plant that fools tree shrews into using
it as a toilet as a way of acquiring the much-needed
nutrients from their waste, Pretty Tricky is a fascinating
guide to some of the most interesting, unusual, and often
sneaky plants. Clearly written in easy-to-absorb short
blocks of text (any scientific language is defined within
the text), the book is organized into three main sections
that cover the many amazing adaptations plants use to
defend themselves, to reproduce, and to acquire food. Each
spread includes a fact bubble that identifies where the
focus plants grow in the world. End matter includes
additional explanations about how plants make seeds and
how plants make food. An index is also included. Ashley
Barron's gorgeous, detailed, and dimensional illustrations
give every spread a dynamic feel, often as though the
illustrations themselves are growing right out of the
pages of the book."--|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 Plant defenses|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Plants|xAdaptation|vJuvenile literature.
650 1 Plant defenses.
650 1 Plants|xAdaptation.
650 7 Plant defenses.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01065377
650 7 Plants|xAdaptation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01065827
655 7 Juvenile works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411637
655 7 Instructional and educational works.|2lcgft
655 7 Picture books.|2lcgft
700 1 Barron, Ashley,|eillustrator.
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914 FARM276232
994 C0|bGPI