Flower talk : how plants use color to communicate / Sara Levine ; illustrations by Masha D'yans.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm x 28 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781541519282
- 1541519280
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 582.13 L665 | Available | 33111009132651 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Pssssst! Did you know plants can talk?
It's true! Plants use the colors of their flowers to communicate with animals. But why animals? Because they help plants make seeds by moving pollen from one flower to another. Learn the secrets of flower talk from a narrator with an inside scoop!
This new book from Sara Levine features a cantankerous talking cactus as a narrator, revealing to readers the significance of different colors of flowers in terms of which pollinators (bees, bats, birds, etc.) different colors "talk" to. A fun nonfiction presentation of science info that may be new to many kids--and adults!
"[A] marvelous amalgamation of funny and serious."--A Fuse #8 ProductionIncludes bibliographical references.
A cantankerous talking cactus reveals to readers the significance of different colors of flowers in terms of which pollinators (bees, bats, birds, etc.) different colors "talk" to.