Selected for the CBC's 2023 April Hot Off The Press Reading List (https://www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists/april-2023/).
This is such an interesting book, and I loved the lift-the-flap designs. There are funny little dialogue bubbles as if the plants are talking, and it's so cute! Each page has a paragraph or two about how plants develop these survival strategies. -Luminous Libro
A really cute book that explores the different ways plants communicate to the world around them! Full of flaps that have answers/more words behind them and cute illustrations, I found this book delightful. Great way to introduce children to the world of plants! -NetGalley-Educator
My children loved this book, and I learned something, too! How Plants Talk shows the different ways plants can communicate with each other and protect themselves. The illustrations are cute, the text is relatable and understandable for young kids, and the overall tone of the book is very tender. My kids loved learning how plants can take care of themselves, and it inspired them to take better care of the plants in and around our home as well. I highly recommend this book for kids to learn about and delight in the natural world! -NetGalley-Reviewer
I loved how this book was rich in vocabulary, chock full of information, but also had a comic-like narration going on throughout the pages. This would be a great book for a science class to use on plant life. I will recommend it to my teaching team. Students could also use this as a mentor text to create their own simplified books to teach others about a concept. -NetGalley-Educator
Kids will enjoy peeking at what's underneath in this lift-the-flap board book. Cute illustrations show plants and insects talking while the text explains how they communicate. Plants can send signals through their roots, or change their scent to warn of danger, changes, to show emotion, or to become more appealing to bees for pollination. Some signals result in a toxic substance in their leaves, making them taste bad so bugs will stop eating them. Sometimes plants might lose their petals and leaves or droop to save energy in case they need to fight for their lives. It's a fun take on the language of plants, making it easy for children to understand. -Vicky Tandy, Athol Public Library, Athol, MA
Certainly a unique way to show how plants feed off each other. [. . .] This is a prime example of how society works too. Great book for older kids to further understand how indoor and outdoor vegetation operate. -Goodreads/Netgalley-Librarian
I love board books that are also interactive. It keeps the little ones even more engaged while reading. This very adorable books teaches kids how plants talk (even though we can't hear them). They interact through their roots, can give off different scents, have different movements (like drooping). I think I learned a thing or two because I have the opposite of a green thumb. -Nura's Little Library IG
This was a quick and informative book. It gives a quick introduction to the different abilities that plants have for communication between each other and the world around them. -Morgan Frazier, Librarian
Kids will enjoy peeking at what's underneath in this lift-the-flap board book. It's a fun take on the language of plants, making it easy for children to understand. It was really cute! -Youth Services Book Review
