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ISBN: 1786032864
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Languages : en
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Peculiar Plants
Author: Anita GaneriPublisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1410947033
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Readers learn about strange and unique plants.
Peculiar Plants
Author: Robin TwiddyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"There are more than 200,000 kinds of plants on Earth, and some are pretty strange. Learn about the most peculiar plants that grow on our planet. This engaging hi-lo book draws in 4th and 5th grade readers with wild content while a 1st to 2nd grade reading level makes the information accessible. It's a roaring good time!"--
Chasing Plants
Author: Chris ThorogoodPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226824217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A New Scientist Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world’s most extraordinary plants. After making a strange discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea—a stand of sap-sucking, leafless broomrapes, stealing nutrients from their neighbors’ roots—Chris Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to feed his growing addiction to plants. In his hair-raising adventures across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Thorogood treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and out into the very heart of the world’s vast, green wilderness. Along the way, he encounters pitcher plants, irises, and orchids more heart-piercingly beautiful than could ever be imagined. But with Thorogood as our guide in Chasing Plants, we not only imagine: we see. An internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric paintings, which feature throughout the book. They bring plants out of the shadows, challenging us to see their intrigue and their character, and helping us to understand why plant species must be protected. To join Thorogood in his wild adventures is to be cast under his green spell: readers will never think of plants the same way again.
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set
Author: Ransom RiggsPublisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 159474839X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
The New York Times #1 best-selling series. Includes 3 novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 peculiar photographs. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. HOLLOW CITY: September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary adventure continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.
Weird Plants
Author: Chris ThorogoodPublisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9781842466629
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world. Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals. Author Chris Thorogood showcases these plant behaviours, the interrelationships among plants, the interdependencies between plants and animals, and the intrigue of plant evolution. All types of weird and sinister are featured in this book, from carnivorous plants that drug, drown and consume unsuspecting insect prey; giant pitcher plants that have evolved toilets for tree shrews; flowers that mimic rotting flesh to attract pollinating flies, and orchids that duplicitously look, feel and even smell like a female insect to bamboozle sex-crazed male bees.
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
Author: Ransom RiggsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735231559
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Instant #1 bestseller! The epic conclusion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs. Jacob and his friends will face deadly enemies and race through history’s most dangerous loops in this thrilling page-turner. The Desolations of Devil's Acre is the newest installment, and final adventure, in the beloved Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began—his grandfather’s house. Jacob doesn’t know how they escaped from V’s loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. After a narrow getaway from a blood- thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil’s Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations—weather fronts of ash and blood and bone—a terrible portent of Caul’s amassing army. Risen from the Library of Souls and more powerful than ever, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains—deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones. If they can decipher its secret location.
Peculiar Plants of the World
Author: Publisher: PowerKids Press
ISBN: 9781725304529
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Plants aren't always recognized for being as bizarre as other organisms on Earth because of their sedentary lives. This amazing set contains plenty of peculiar plants to entice future botanists. They'll find out about carnivorous plants that hunt for food, plants that are toxic and deadly to humans, as well as many other kinds of vegetation and the strange adaptations they've developed. Readers will never look at plants the same way again. Features include: Vivid, colorful photographs of plants from around the world. Exciting way to dive into the study of plants and plant parts, a key part of science curricula. Plant adaptations are investigated and explained in depth.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
Author: Margaret ArmstrongPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040885369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
"Field Book of Western Wild Flowers" by J. J. Thornber, Margaret Armstrong. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Weird and Wonderful
Author: Tanya Luther AgarwalPublisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN: 8179932516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Learn about the strangest and oddest natural plants on earth—the world's tiniest plant to the world's biggest and heaviest flower, plants that grow in air, plants that eat insects…and many more.