Plants by mail? How cool is that? (5.0)

The thought struck me that I wanted spider plants to cut down on indoor toxins and brighten up the place, and lo, here it was. One impulse purchase later, and I am very pleased. The product arrived in excellent shape already budding a lil' baby spider plant, and is now happily cleaning my air.

A huge hit for the kids! (5.0)

I found both the illustrations and the text fascinating enough to engage even the most recalcitrant young reader. This book should inspire the young reader to learn more. The illustrations alone are well worth the price of the book!

Magnificent for Curious Children (5.0)

My grandson (age 5) was enthralled. He was already interested in plants, and in growing all manner of them. Finding plants that eat bugs was especially appealing to him. Luckily we have a business nearby which carries Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants.

The information in this book is wonderfully presented, clear, interesting, with excellent pictures. When we went to get our plants he knew more than the nursery staff and showed them the different plants in this book, and rather entertained them as well.

Fascinating book, highly recommend.

hungry plants (5.0)

Hungry Plants
Author: Mary Batten
Reviewed By:Brianna - a Stockbridge Central School 3rd Grader
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Did you know that some plants can actually eat bugs!?
It's true! There are more than 600 kinds of bug eating plants in the word. In this book Hungry Plants you will learn about all kinds of insect- eating plants. Did you know Borneo is home to the biggest pitcher plants in the world!? Insect -eating plants don't have eyes so how does a Venus fly trap know when a bug is in there mouth? When a fly or any other small insect, crawls on to a Venus fly trap's leaf, it touches a tiny hair. Then the fly touches another hair these little hairs are triggers that signals to the plants that dinner is here!! There is not a lot of text and through out the book there is narration it's easy to read and interesting. The illustrations are very detailed and are interesting. They're almost like photographs. I recommend this book to people who love plants that eat bugs or any body who would like to learn about hungry plants. So read the book or you'll be missing out!!!

Love the Hungry Plants! (5.0)

My daughter loved every page of the book. It is a learning book and does so in a very interesting way. My daughter couldn't stop saying how good this book was. I would recommend it to anyone!

Excellent first book on carnivorous plants (5.0)

This is an excellent first book to fire up the interest of children in carnivorous plants. This is a hobby of mine, and I have an extensive collection, and am interested in conservation of their habitats.

The book talks about the major genera of carnivorous plants (although it completely skips Pinguicula, the butterworts). The full-color illustrations are beautiful and accurate. The information in the book is all factually accurate. It even briefly covers conservation.