Reviews Plants

Don’t Touch That: The Book of Gross, Poisonous, and Downright Icky Plants and Critters by Jeff Day

Chicago Review Press, 2008, 108 p., $9.95

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Advice for kids about those scientific curiosities that they shouldn’t explore — at least not with their hands.

A version of this article appears in the November 8, 2008 issue of Science News.

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