
The Deadliest: Flower
Eleanor Spicer Rice(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 15. July 2025
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-324-05377-4 (ISBN)
Description
Meet the deadliest flowering plants on Earth.
Whose toxin is the most potent? Is it the beautiful belladonna? The eye-catching angel's trumpet? The infamous wolfsbane? Or someone else?
The host of this stiff competition, Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, teaches the rules for poisonous plant interactions (Do not eat! Do not pick!) and introduces the contestants.
This tale of blooms and doom invites readers into the world of deadly flowering plants: where they grow, how they're used-and what could happen if you ever come into contact with one. It also encourages readers to appreciate them, showing why they're important to the places they live-and why we should protect them. With humor, accessible science, and a colorful graphic format by best-selling artist Max Temescu, The Deadliest: Flower shows that even the deadliest things in nature may not be as scary as we think.
Whose toxin is the most potent? Is it the beautiful belladonna? The eye-catching angel's trumpet? The infamous wolfsbane? Or someone else?
The host of this stiff competition, Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, teaches the rules for poisonous plant interactions (Do not eat! Do not pick!) and introduces the contestants.
This tale of blooms and doom invites readers into the world of deadly flowering plants: where they grow, how they're used-and what could happen if you ever come into contact with one. It also encourages readers to appreciate them, showing why they're important to the places they live-and why we should protect them. With humor, accessible science, and a colorful graphic format by best-selling artist Max Temescu, The Deadliest: Flower shows that even the deadliest things in nature may not be as scary as we think.
Reviews / Votes
"Middle graders will find this endlessly interesting... This would be an excellent addition to any nonfiction collection." -- School Library Journal "Author Eleanor Spicer Rice and artist Max Temescu bring the drama in these irreverent, graphic novel-adjacent volumes... Readers who appreciate macabre humor or art-driven nonfiction will enjoy these high-interest titles, which are effortlessly entertaining." -- BooklistMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Illustrations
20 full-color throughout
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-05377-4 (9781324053774)
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Eleanor Spicer Rice
The Deadliest: Flower
E-Book
07/2025
Norton Children's Books
€6.99
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Persons
Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD, is an entomologist, science writer, and regular expert on Discovery's What on Earth? She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Max Temescu is a designer and New York Times best-selling illustrator currently based in Washington, DC.