Describes different types of prickly plants from around the world, including stinging nettles, cacti, the silk floss tree, and the honey locust tree, with information on what makes each of them prickly.
Describes different types of poisonous plants found around the world, including poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, deadly nightshade, and water hemlock.
Describes different plants from around the world that eat insects, including the Venus flytrap, the pitcher plant, thebladderwort, and the sundew, with information on how they trap and digest meat.
Photographs and text introduce readers to giant species of plants, describing each plant's habitat, and explaining its defenses and the positive and negative effects it has on people.
