Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself
Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself by Erin Silver, published by Orca Book Publishers in March 2025, is a 32-page exploration of the remarkable defense mechanisms employed by plants. This book presents a variety of fascinating strategies that flora use to protect themselves from threats, including insects and animals. Through engaging descriptions, readers will learn how plants like the corpse flower and the touch-me-not balsam have evolved unique ways to deter their predators.
In this edition, readers will discover 15 different plants and their surprising methods of self-defense, which include tactics such as poisoning, drowning, and even suffocating their attackers. The book delves into the intricate relationships between plants and their environments, highlighting topics in juvenile nonfiction, science and nature, and environmental science. With its vivid illustrations and informative content, Plant Attack! offers an intriguing look at the natural world and the extraordinary adaptations of plants.
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Just like people and animals, plants need to defend themselves.
They can’t scream or run away from danger, but many have developed surprisingly cool and courageous ways to keep themselves safe from pesky bugs, hungry animals and even large-clawed crabs. Plants can stab, poison, drown and even suffocate their predators. Discover the corpse flower, which smells like a combination of rotting wounds, garlic, cheese and sour sweat. Then there is the touch-me-not balsam that explodes, flinging anything that touches it through the air. Plant Attack! The Fascinating Ways Flora Defend Themselves explores 15 different plants and the unique, and sometimes bizarre, ways they defend themselves from predators, including us.
Praise for Erin Silver:
★”Enthralling…Empowers readers to understand their own human coping mechanisms, while colorful, detailed images soaked in softly muted earth tones build a base of strong general knowledge. The challenge for readers young and old will be to see who says ‘ew’ first! A thoroughly engaging, fact-filled book with audacious and memorable animal responses to predators. A must-have for every library.”–School Library Journal, starred review for Mighty Scared
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