Just Like Us! Plants

by Bridget Heos, David Clark (Illustrator)

Overview

Get the facts on an array of leafy organisms and discover the unexpected ways humans and plants are alike in Just Like Us! Plants. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations.  

What living things wear perfume, bask in the sun, use weapons to defend themselves, and even go on ocean cruises? PLANTS! While they might seem as different from humans as possible, we actually have a lot in common with our photosynthesizing friends. From drinking water to disguising themselves to communicating with one another, plants are a lot like us—though with fascinating twists all their own. 
 
Factual, funny, and featuring a dynamic mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations, Just Like Us! Plants will charm even the most reluctant nonfiction readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780358003885
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/28/2019
Series:	Just Like Us!
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	NC850L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Bridget Heos is the author of more than 100 books for kids, including the popular Mustache Baby books and the nonfiction Just Like Us! series. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband and four children.
authorbridgetheos.com
Twitter @bridgetheos

David Clark is the author of numerous books for young readers. He lives in Virginia with his family. You can learn more about him at sites.google.com/site/davidclark1988.

Editorial Reviews

"Interesting facts that go down smoothly."—Kirkus —

From the Publisher

2018-06-25
"People think, talk, and walk around. Plants do none of these things. So how can they be anything like us?"Wisely anticipating the first question readers will have upon encountering this latest in her Just Like Us! series, Heos opens with it and proceeds to make her case. Plants and people both love basking in the sun and eating—but in the case of plants, they are both the same thing. People and plants both need water. Some people and some plants eat meat. "With the right mix of sunlight, water, and nutrition, plants grow up and have babies—just like people." While some of these similarities are admittedly a stretch—and the imputation of motive and strategy to plants even more of one—the engaging device leads readers into an easy presentation of botanical facts laced with just the right details to keep them hooked (foul odors figure prominently). Unfolding topic by topic, the single- and double-page spreads are illustrated with Clark's over-the-top cartoons. One spread on plant self-defense presents angry tomatoes spraying poison on a caterpillar (a caterpillar's munch triggers the production of a toxin) and a butterfly with two Frankenstein-esque heads (African bugleweed can cause mutations). A one-page glossary defines such terms as "hydrochloric acid" and "prickle"; a bibliography includes both books and online resources, most aimed at adults. Just Like Us! Fish publishes simultaneously.Interesting facts that go down smoothly. (Informational picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews