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Prickly plants : stuck! / by Ellen Lawrence.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Plant-ologyPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Bearport Pub., 2013.Description: 24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cmISBN:
  • 1617725889 (library binding)
  • 9781617725883 (library binding)
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Contents:
A deer's dinner -- Prickly protection -- A thirsty cactus -- Don't eat! Don't drink! -- Spines for shade -- Prickly thorns -- A giraffe's dinner -- Thorns as homes -- Don't touch! -- Science lab -- Science words.
Summary: "Why are some plants so prickly? Look inside to learn the answer to this question. Along the way, you'll also find out how plants use their needle-like spines, thorns, and other prickly parts to survive in harsh environments and other dangerous places."--P. [4] of cover.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 581.47 L419 Available 33111006995365
Total holds: 0

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Why are some plants so prickly? Look inside to learn the answer to this question. Along the way, you'll also find out how plants use their needle-like spines, thorns, and other prickly parts to survive in harsh environments and other dangerous places. Book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A deer's dinner -- Prickly protection -- A thirsty cactus -- Don't eat! Don't drink! -- Spines for shade -- Prickly thorns -- A giraffe's dinner -- Thorns as homes -- Don't touch! -- Science lab -- Science words.

"Why are some plants so prickly? Look inside to learn the answer to this question. Along the way, you'll also find out how plants use their needle-like spines, thorns, and other prickly parts to survive in harsh environments and other dangerous places."--P. [4] of cover.

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