Carol Lerner

I decided to check this out because I recently got a Succulent as a gift. I have cactus pajamas, cactus earrings, and a miniature cactus figurine on my counter. However, I know absolutely nothing about cacti. Reading this book was helpful, as it is loaded with useful information. I learned that many times what I'm thinking is a cactus, is just its thick, leafless stem. I also now understand how they have flowers! I always thought it was cute, but never could make sense of it. I also never knew that many cacti do not live in dry areas. I would not purchase this book, but I do believe I need some books in my classroom about plants and flowers. I have many books about animals, and hardly none about plants.… (mehr)

This book goes through 12 plant families, most of which are flowers. The book has a table of contents and great scientific diagrams of plants but the print is rather boring and in long paragraph form. In an older classroom I could use this book in a jigsaw activity where the student are each responsible for one plant and they must create a visual representation and give their grow members a synopsis of the plant and its family. I could integrate that into a reading and writing lesson while talking about species and families in plants and animals.… (mehr)