Isabelle Simler

Introduces a wide variety of birds, their feathers, and Plume, the cat that is stalking them.

Illustrations and an easy-to-read story, interspersed with facts, pay tribute to a cat which finds that life as a pet offers opportunities to display his wild, predatory nature.

"Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"-- Provided by publisher.

What do a tree's roots and flowers do? Which trees keep their leaves in the winter? What is photosynthesis? How do trees protect themselves? Can trees communicate with each other?