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Author Cheers, Gordon.

Title Killer plants : and how to grow them / Gordon Cheers & Julie Silk ; illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall
Published Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin, 1996

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 MELB SPCBC  583.75 Che/Kpa  LIB USE ONLY
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge ; 3-4
Contents Plants that eat meat -- How carnivorous plants trap their prey -- Venus fly traps -- Sundews -- Albany pitcher plants -- Tall pitcher plants -- Cobra lilies -- Monkey cups -- Butterworts -- Bladderworts -- How big are they? -- Where in the world? -- Growing carnivorous plants at home -- Botanical names
Summary The world of carnivorous plants and how to grow them. Includes an index, glossary and bibliography
Analysis juvenile Nonfiction
Notes Children's book of the year short list 1997
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: page 32
Audience For children
Notes Children's Book Council of Australia, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 1997
Subject Carnivorous plants -- Juvenile literature.
Carnivorous plants.
Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 3 - Year 4
Author Crosby-Fairall, Marjorie.
Silk, Julie.
CROSBY-FAIRA
ISBN 0140548017 (paperback)