Plants are amazing, different around the world - and the biggest living things ever. There are leaves twice as long as a bus, flowers that attract insects by smelling like dead bodies, and trees that grow taller than the Statue of Liberty or weigh ten times as much as a blue whale! - Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. - Text type - An information book. - The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. - The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children’s information retrieval skills further. - Curriculum links - Science
Steve Parker is an award-winning science author for children and adults. After gaining a degree in Zoology and working at the Natural History Museum, Steve moved into educational publishing and has now written more than 300 titles. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.
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