Spiny and Prickly Plants
From the Set Beware! Killer Plants
Junior Library Guild Selection
Plants might look harmless, but they can be killers. Some plants have huge thorns filled with stinging insects. Others can poke a person’s skin with tiny poison daggers. This narrative nonfiction series features some of the most interesting—and dangerous—plants on the planet. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and a feature on animal and plant mutualism.
| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
|---|---|
| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Dewey | 581.6/59 |
| Lexile | 770L |
| ATOS Reading Level | |
| Guided Reading Level | Q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
|---|---|
| Available Formats | Reinforced book (9781534187719), Paperback (9781534189119), PDF (9781534190511), ePub (9781534196353), Hosted ebook (9781534191914), Kindle (9781534194816) |
| Copyright | 2022 |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| Dimensions | 8.25 x 8.25 |
| Graphics | Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
Author: Joyce Markovics
Joyce Markovics has written more than 500 nonfiction children's books (or at least two giraffe-sized stacks) on topics ranging from killer plants and marvelous mummies to protest marches and Black filmmakers. She recently started her own book development company, Bowerbird Books. Joyce is passionate about telling stories that captivate and inspire young readers. In her free time, she cleans old gravestones, collects oddities, and volunteers at an animal sanctuary.
- Stinging Tree
- Nasty Nettles
- Spiky Succulents
- Sinister Seeds
- Plant Partners
- Glossary
- Find Out More
- Index
- About the Author
| Author/Illustrator biography |
| Glossary of key words |
| Index |
| Informative sidebars |
| Table of contents |
| Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
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