The Aliens Are Coming: Plant Life And the Greenhouse Effect (Puffin Books)

by PhilGates (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.25

  Designed to stimulate chldren's interest in the environment by examining it in terms of the greenhouse effect, this book uses alien plants as a dramatic vehicle for conveying information that will take place due to the greenhouse effect. The author introduces many anecdotes and unusual facts which will appeal to children as well as simple experiments to reinforce ideas in the text. Plants mentioned include the monster in your garden lawn (speedwell), the dangerous giant from Russia (hogweed), and the exploding plant from the land of the Yeti (balsam).