  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 02/15/2019 “HEY, YOU! PSST! DOWN HERE! THAT’S RIGHT—I’M A PLANT, AND I’M TALKING TO YOU!” The brash narrator of this picture book is a small cactus with an attitude. Though prickly to the point of grouchiness, it’s knowledgeable and entertaining, as well. It explains that, rooted in place, many plants need animals to carry pollen from one flower to another, enabling them to make seeds. To attract birds, bees, butterflies, and the like, they advertise using colors as signs. The cactus tells which colors, forms, and smells attract which animals, then tells listeners to “take a hike” while its bud opens into a yellow blossom. Based on the flower’s color, attentive kids may be able to guess which animals it will attract. The digitally enhanced paintings feature vivid splashes of color. An appended page, precisely illustrated with cross-sectional views and labelled with botanical terms, details the process of pollination. A good companion volume for Rebecca Hirsch’s Plants Can’t Keep Still (2016), this cleverly written and informative picture book is a lively choice for reading aloud. - Copyright 2019 Booklist. Loading...
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