Description: How do plants survive in different environments? They adapt! In Plant Adaptations: Shallow Roots, Thick Stalks, and Poison, readers 5 to 8 discover some of the characteristics plants have developed to help them survive, such as cacti and their waxy coats and kidney beans and their ability to poison anything that tries to eat them raw. Fun illustrations, photos, glossary, poem, and a hands-on activity make this a great introduction to life science!
Brief description: Andi Diehn works as a children's book editor and marketer at Nomad Press. She has written 21 children's books, most of them nonfiction science books, and visits classrooms and libraries around the country to present programs about being a science writer. Andi lives in rural New Hampshire. Website: andidiehn.com
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Praise for other books by Andi Diehn in the Picture Book Science series
The 50 Best Science Books for Kids 2018 PsySci.co. "This is an amazing book with great drawings and really, really understandable examples. It will not only be fun for kids but also for parents as they discover physics is not the enemy they remember from high-school."