Why don't animals eat the curare vine? How does chocolate grow inside the cacao tree? Why do frogs lay their eggs in imperial bromeliads? South America has many different landscapes, from the Amazon rainforest to huge grasslands, high mountains, and scorching desert. Find out how South America's most incredible plants make their home here.

 

This book is part of a book series called Raintree Perspectives-Plant Top Tens .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

An authority on mythology and folklore, Michael Scott is one of Ireland's most successful authors. A master of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and folklore, he has been hailed by the Irish Times as "the King of Fantasy in these isles". Angela Royston has written and edited many books for children about science and nature.