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Hungry Plants (Step-into-Reading, Step 4)

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I bought this book along with Plants Bite Back. We had already read our library copy of the Plants Bite Back and I actually was not sure I needed another book on carniverous plants. To my surprise, this little book offers other very important and interesting details on plants that are not in the other book (which is an excellent book also).

I am glad we got this book (e.g.it explained why we shouldn't keep touching the Venus Flytrap--it probably saved the plant's life from inquisitive little hands).

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.

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!

This is one entralling book! I knew there were meat eating plants, but I never thought of them as "passive" and "active". The book is broken up in cute sections, "Gulp!" and "Slurp!" being my favorite, but the entire book keeps your interest. The drawings are quite excellent and you learn a lot just by looking at the pictures. I really enjoyed it and my little brother just loves it. A hit.

I've got two boys (ages 4 and 7), and they both love this book. The pictures are fantastic, and the text is interesting. A great way to engage the boys when we are waiting at the doctors office or any other quite area where sitting is required. My one and only complaint... I thought the kindle was supposed to be MINE! ;-}

Lucas (4) and Lilah (3) request this book before nap and and bedtime every day/night. I had no idea they would like it sooo much. It's really fun to read and provides lots of interesting information. Thanks to this book, our kids know the difference between active and passive carnivorous plants, they know who Charles Darwin is and more. What a pleasant surprise this book was.

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!

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!!!

This is a book for young readers to test their skills but it isa book for all readers to enjoy - fascinating science about insecteating plants, a subject about which we generally know little. No matter what your age, you'll love it and great illustrations, too.

Excellent and substantive for the K-3 crowd. Reading level is appropriate, and content is much better than most 'early science' books for this age group. My son ate it up (age 7), and we've given these as gifts several times accompanied by a Venus flytrap.