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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100152053921
ISBN-139780152053925
eBay Product ID (ePID)45328772
Product Key Features
Book TitlePlantzilla
Number of Pages32 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicHumorous Stories, School & Education, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes, Catrow, David
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorBrian Keliher, Jerdine Nolen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width12 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2001-004788
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Nolen delivers another picture book with a far-out premise and plenty of heart." --Publishers Weekly "A terrific story about caring and friendship."--The MetroWest Daily News "Witty and clever . . . delightfully quirky."--The Horn Book Guide --, Kindergarten-Grade 3-At the end of the school year, Mortimer takes a plant home from his third-grade classroom. Throughout the summer, Plantzilla continues to grow and Mortimer continues to love and nurture it. Strange things ensue. His quiet, boring, well-ordered household, complete with well-mannered cat and prize-winning Chihuahua, is totally disrupted: the plant starts to grow tentacles and to eat meat (the dog disappears) and perform all sorts of amazing feats. The boy's parents begin to worry, but the protagonist is delighted with his clever plant. The text is all in the form of letters-from Mortimer to his teacher describing the progress of his plant, from Mortimer's mother to Mr. Lester complaining about it, and from Mr. Lester to each of them. Catrow's watercolor-and-pencil illustrations spill across the pages, creating a marvelous sort of ubiquitous vine with tendrils curling all around, each one doing something different. The dog, cat, and several squirrels romp in its branches, and Mortimer dances and plays with his friend, who eventually becomes almost human and very benevolent. This humorous story may be shared with a group but will be best savored by individual readers who will have fun absorbing the wildly imaginative illustrations close up.Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA, "Nolen delivers another picture book with a far-out premise and plenty of heart." --Publishers Weekly "A terrific story about caring and friendship."--The MetroWest Daily News "Witty and clever . . . delightfully quirky."--The Horn Book Guide, "Nolen delivers another picture book with a far-out premise and plenty of heart." -- Publishers Weekly "A terrific story about caring and friendship."-- The MetroWest Daily News "Witty and clever . . . delightfully quirky."-- The Horn Book Guide, Employing the same tenderness and fanciful sense of wonder that characterized her Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm and Raising Dragons, Nolen delivers another picture book with a far-out premise and plenty of heart. A series of letters and postcards tells the tale. Third-grader Mortimer Henryson has successfully petitioned his parents and his science teacher, Mr. Lester, to allow him to bring the class plant, Plantcilia (nicknamed "Plantzilla" by the students), home over summer vacation. But Mortimer's parents worry when Plantzilla starts developing an appetite for meat, growing wildly and moving on its own and just what has become of Mrs. Henryson's prize-winning Chihuahua? It seems the more care and attention that Mortimer pays his favorite bit of flora, the more human-like Plantzilla becomes. As the transformation continues, the sprawling, blooming plant becomes literally part of the family. The book's distinctive design allows each character his or her (or its) own hand-lettered or typewritten form of expression, a playful touch (although newly independent readers may have trouble with Mrs. Henryson's cursive). Catrow's (Cinderella Skeleton) exuberant vine of a plant part Venus's-flytrap, part aloe vera and part whimsy creeps and curls from spread to spread, like an exotic jungle creature, and all of the humans look eccentric, too. His renderings of Plantzilla's high jinks, such as forming a two-man hockey team to play against Mortimer, compound the nutty fun. Ages 5-8.
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToThird Grade
Dewey DecimalFic
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisWhen Mortimer's parents allow him to bring home Mr. Lester's seemingly innocent classroom plant for vacation, he finds that when you give a living thing love, you just don't know where it will lead!, When Mortimer Henryson offers to take care of a strange plant called Plantzilla for the summer, he is in for more than he bargained for., Mortimer Henryson loves Plantzilla, the plant he's been taking care of all year in his third-grade classroom. He loves him so much, he takes him home for summer vacation. What could go wrong with a . . . plant? But life in the Henryson household soon takes a strange turn. A pot roast disappears, then steaks from the grill--and where has Mrs. Henryson's prize Chihuahua gone? In this hilarious story told ingeniously through letters, Jerdine Nolen and David Catrow team up to show that when there's enough love, even the most unlikely character can become part of a family.
