The Plant Platoon, hard cover

The Plant Platoon is an engaging early chapter book for science-loving young readers.

Five friends, all with plant names, band together in their after-school Science Club to complete projects around their school. As Iris, Kale, Ivy, Violet, and Jasmine accomplish each mission, they discover something about themselves: they are all unique and different, just like the plants. Welcoming a new student to their class draws them even closer together as they learn respect and acceptance of others and their differences.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2025944726

 

BISAC

JUV029040 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants

JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

 

The Plant Platoon packs a cornucopia of horticultural information for young readers. In a clever and captivating storybook form, Anita Schlaht masterfully shares her love of gardening, intertwining helpful horticultural information about growing iris, vegetables, ground covers, succulents, aquatic plants and pollinators with her eponymously named Plant Platoon characters. Parents and teachers will find Anita's age-appropriate literacy activities helpful as well.

Mary Jo Fortuna, educator and member of the Edmond Iris and Garden Society