Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, flowers, diet, and nutrient-poor habitats with the consequent benefit of carnivory
Introduces some varieties of fungi that eat eel worms, describing the damage these tiny worms cause to both plants and animals and the different ways that the fungi trap their prey.
Horatio the Hawk is a book about overcoming or not even recognizing one’s disabilities. It is about hawk with vision problems; he is almost legally blind but he refuses to let that keep him from achieving his dreams of being able to fly on his school competition team. This book also opens a discussion about athletic dads coping with a son that is perceived to be non-athletic. Harold, Horatio’s dad wanted a son hat could follow in his foot step and because of a physical condition Harold thought that Horatio would not be able to follow in his footsteps. It is also about coping being the different person on the block.