"If you hang out with flowers as much as I do,
you start to learn some strange things.
You see, flowers aren't just pretty ...
They're pretty weird.
They're weird enough to make your four
wings quiver. (If you're a bee, that is.)
In this companion book to Butterflies Are Pretty ... GROSS!, the author turns her attention to flowers. The obvious narrator for a book about flowers is a bee. After all, bees love flowers for their color, and soft petals, and sweet nectar. Flowers can, however, be weird; this bee is here to prove to readers that there are many things that make them so. Some are very large, others are teeny. Some taste good, others are poisonous.
The bee sets out to prove that what he is saying is the truth. Before moving forward to that visual proof, the reader is offered a chance to go no further. Should the reader want to move on and learn more, facts await. They are voiced. The bee wants to move on to even weirder flowers. These make the bee's six legs shiver. Here, the reader can choose to back out again, if there are any concerns about future content.
"Some flowers live
in the sky.
Twisted-leaved Air Plants grow
on tall, tall trees.
Hummingbirds spread their pollen.
And some flowers live
under the ground.
Western Underground Orchids hide in the soil
Termites spread their pollen."
The information is plentiful, the design is just right for the target audience, and digital art adds close-up looks at the many plants presented. In back matter, the author adds further information, including the scientific name, where the flower grows and short blurbs about some of the 'strangest flowers in this book'.
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