Pretty Tricky focuses on plants that make adaptations to their environment to help keep them alive. I loved the variety of plants, many that I had never heard of. The interactions between insect and plant were also fascinating. I have some plant-loving kiddos that will really enjoy this book.
Illustrations were stunning!

I hands down LOVE this book. The introduction is so witty! Puns galore! And the illustrations are stunning; I love the style of art with loads of textures and color gradients. Each plant features facts about where it's found in the world and what makes it so tricky. Utterly fascinating. One I'll definitely be adding to my class library. 

There are three chapters, each focusing on a different way plants are tricky: Plants on the Defense, Making More Plants (pollination tricks), Food Glorious Food! (tricky ways plants get food). Then there's the extra information section: how plants make seeds, how plants make food, and index/glossary/sources.

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC! All opinions are my own and are unbiased.

Plants are fascinating living things that I often take for granted. This book highlights the awe inspiring ways that plants survive and thrive. The cut paper illustrations in this book are lovely to look at and the information is perfectly digestible (just like a fly in a Venus fly trap!).

As smart as it is beautiful, this book was a delight to read.  Each page is a stunning display of cut paper collage that make for a visual treat, while the text is clear and engaging, making the mystery of these tricky plants a fun and educational experience.  Equally at home in a science classroom or a home bookshelf, this book is a treat for any budding scientist.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this digital ARC in return for a fair and honest review.

When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is closed  and you are in #socialisolation,  superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today.

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

Have you ever thought of plants as tricky? Probably not. But in this nonfiction book, readers are introduced to the tricky techniques some plants use to defend themselves, reproduce, or acquire food. From the copycat Boquila vine that changes shape to match its host plant to the pungent carrion flower that lures pollinating flies with the scent of rotten meat, plants across the globe have adapted to survive all kinds of threatening fauna.

Each amazing plant adaptation is described through fact bubbles and easy-to-grasp blocks of text. End matter includes a list of sources for kids to explore, a glossary defining scientific terms, and an index.

Brought to life with eye-popping cut-paper collage illustrations, this book is a garden of knowledge that will leave kids with a better understanding of how living things adapt to their environments.

Having recently read and review Miss Kaner's books on animals and how they cool down (Do Lizards Eat Ice Cream?) I was excited to see this book and what she was now writing about. I had no idea that plants actually fought each other: to survive: I just assumed that they photo-synthesized and got on with their lives. I mean, if plants are smart enough to do this, how can we tell if they feel things or not and are all the plant-eaters/vegans/vegetarians/etc causing them pain and actually murdering them? (Remember the scene in "Notting Hill" where the fruitarian would not eat the carrots as they had been murdered??? Oh, that might be showing my age!) 

The book is well written and the illustrations are wonderful: I can just see the texture of the cut-paper illustrations eve on a Kindle.screen.  This is a great way to teach kids about "crazy" plants - yet they will not feel like they are beating "schooled"!  AND while you re at it...buy and read "Do Lizards Eat Icecream" as well. (She has also written "Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?" a favourite of my family!)

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube  Millionaires/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 🌸🌺🌹🌷🌼