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The Wonderful World of Carnivorous Plants

Hardback
May 2025
9781486319527
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  • Publisher
    CSIRO Publishing
  • Published
    20th May
  • ISBN 9781486319527
  • Language English
  • Pages 32 pp.
  • Size 9.84" x 9.84"
  • Images color illustrations throughout
$18.99

Have you ever heard of a meat-eating plant? Or a plant that traps spiders and flies?

Welcome to The Wonderful World of Carnivorous Plants, where sticky leaves and slippery stems are just some of the fascinating ways some plants capture their food. Explore the unique features and adaptations of these plants and the important role they play in our environment.

Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 5 to 9.

Features:

  • Discover carnivorous plants through stunning illustrations, fun rhyming text and amazing facts.
  • See how these fascinating species have adapted to enable survival in the harshest of areas.
  • Highlights the importance of carnivorous plants in our ecosystem and the symbiotic relationship they have with certain animals.
  • From the illustrator of Wonderful Wasps and author and illustrator of Where Are All the Christmas Beetles?

Main story
More about carnivorous plants
Glossary

Suzanne Houghton

Suzanne Houghton is an award-winning author and illustrator who is constantly fascinated with the world around her. Her recent work includes Where Are All the Christmas Beetles?, and she was also the illustrator of Fabulous Frogs, Life in a Hollow, and Wonderful Wasps.

carnivorous plant; Venus flytrap ecosystem