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If I Were a Plant
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If Lola were a plant, she wouldn't be a dog, a cat, a mouse, a penguin, a gnat or a hippopotamus, but she would still be alive and well.In If I Were a Plant, Lola discovers that plants are the most numerous living beings on the...
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If Lola were a plant, she wouldn't be a dog, a cat, a mouse, a penguin, a gnat or a hippopotamus, but she would still be alive and well.
In If I Were a Plant, Lola discovers that plants are the most numerous living beings on the planet. She also finds out how they get their food without being able to move and how they breathe despite not having a mouth or nose, along with many other things she never thought a plant could do.
A book for discovering unusual facts about plants and for looking at something you thought you knew with fresh eyes.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781923503052
Publisher: Little Smith
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 March 2026
Imprint: Little Smith
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 208.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 40
About the Author
Gaia Stella is an award-winning artist based in Milan, Italy. She is the author and illustrator of several books, including Become an Architect with Tadao Ando (helium 2021, in collaboration with the Pinault Collection Bourse de Commerce) and If I were A Fungus, which has been translated into six countries so far.
Her clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue Bambini, and The Boston Globe.
Gaia's colorful and geometric imagery is inspired by a variety of sources, such as brutalist architecture, 80s toys and books by Tove Jansson
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