Summary of book:
This is a wonderfully educational book on what exactly is and is not a plant. It colorfully gives examples of the different species of plants, tells why we need plants to survive, what plants do for the atmosphere, and explains in detail the different parts of the plant. This book also shows how different plants need different things, and conditions to survive; it also gives pictorial examples so the reader can put the information together with previous and new knowledge. Other great features of the book are that it has small chapters on plants that eat meats and other plants, how they grow from a seed, how nature such as bees and other things help the seed to reproduce, and lastly the relationships between people and plants, and the threats to plants caused by environment.

Personal Reaction:
This is an awesome book about plants. I learned things reading this book that I either forgot, or didn't know. I think this would be a great research book, and would be great in a class library. There is so much information packed into this book, but I think it was done in a way that keeps the reader going, and doesn't overwhelm them.

Classroom Extension:
1.I would have copies of this book in my first station in a learning center in my classroom where students would read to themselves, and would then have the next station be questions about the book that students could talk to each other about.
2. I would put my students into groups and give each group an avocado seed to put in water with toothpicks. The students would then write in a journal every day if there were any changes to the seed and what they saw if there was.
3. I would have a class discussion after they had all read the book about what are ways that we could reduce some of the threats to plants, and then implement some into our classroom.