Pub Date: December 30, 2016
Dewey: 583.750
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 8.60" L x 8.60" W ( 0.60 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Science and Nature | Flowers and Plants
Series: World's Weirdest Plants
Description: Triggering a Venus flytrap takes the lightest touch from an insects wing or a spiders legs. Unlike many plants, the Venus flytrap doesnt only get nutrition from photosynthesis. Readers learn all about how the Venus flytrap draws in bugs to eat, as well as how theyre digested by the plant. The main content includes science curriculum information such as plant structures, habitat facts, and other unique elements of this plants life cycle. Fun fact boxes and full-color photographs provide readers with the juicy details of how the trap works and what it looks like in action.
Review Quotes: Booklist -- "The author engagingly describes the process carnivorous plants use to trap and digest their prey, all of which should appeal to kids enamored with the disgusting".