"There are stories of meat-eating plants, but are they really true? Yes! Plants are just as freaky as animals in many ways. This book dives into jungles, forests, and fields all over the world that contain some of the wildest plants on the planet. From Venus flytraps and pitcher plants to a plant that smells like a rotting corpse, these organisms are as diverse as they are weird. Toxic mosses and poisonous plants like the New Zealand tree nettle show...

Plants are the first living step on every food chain! These remarkable life-forms make life possible for the rest of us. Readers of this information-rich book will learn all about these chlorophyll powerhouses that keep our planet alive. Detailed illustrations help readers visualize parts and processes of plants, and to understand abstract concepts. They ll love the innovative Q & A format, searching for answers to questions they ve always wondered...

Introduces various scientific principles about botany and plants and presents simple experiments which illustrate them.

Uses a question and answer format to discuss the structure and function of plants.

Briefly introduces some superlatives in nature such as the largest living thing, the smallest flowering plant, and the fastest flying bird.