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Did you know that there are plants that can survive fire? Plants with seed pods that explode, shooting seeds far and wide? Plants that can help clean up pollution? Or that Australia is home to the most ‘venomous’ plant in the world?
Catherine Clowes is a botanist with a passion for Australian native plants. She works as a biodiversity officer, has a PhD in systematic botany and spends a good chunk of her spare time in her very own Australian native plant garden! She has previously authored Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants (CSIRO Publishing, 2021), also illustrated by Rachel Gyan. Rachel Gyan is an illustrator passionate about artful storytelling. Her heart-warming characters are empowered by whimsy, texture and vibrant colour palettes. Rachel enjoys studying Australian flora and wildlife, drawing inspiration from her surroundings to capture the beautiful and sometimes quirky nature of Australia in her work. Rachel was also the illustrator of Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants (CSIRO Publishing, 2021), and Wollemi: Saving a Dinosaur Tree (CSIRO Publishing, 2023).
""The author of this book has managed to select 26 [plants] to explore in detail in this new book designed to build awareness not only of the diversity but also the role that each plays in the environment. Each has true-to-life illustrations, fascinating facts and other information as well as a pronunciation guide so readers can dip and delve as they choose."" -- Barbara Braxton * The Bottom Shelf, * ""The illustrations are bright and quite beautiful making this a book you can simply look at to learn names and enjoy the images or to delve deeper learning all sorts of fascinating and inspiring things."" -- Jane Stephens * Good Reading * ""Plantabulous! More A to Z of Australian Plants not only helps me identify plants with indigenous, common and genus names but also captivates with its vivid illustrations and inspiring information. "" -- Leigh van der Veen * Kids' Book Review *
