Plantzilla

"When you give a living thing love, you never know where wit will lead."

Plantzilla
By: Jerdine Nolen
Copyright 2002
Harcourt Books
Picture Books
Older School Aged Kids
29 Pages

Mortimer Henryson wants to bring home a plant over summer vactaion and gets the permission to.  The name of this plant is Plantzilla, he wanted more then anything to take this plant home.  Thoughout the story Mortimer writes his teacher along with his parents everyonce in a while and the teach a few times.  The plant grows and starts to eat REAL food, loves meat.  Plantzilla starts to act alive and is getting bigger and bigger.  The parents start to think Plaztzilla is not the best thing for their son, that he should be playing but Mortimer wants to spend all his time with Plantzilla.  Plantzilla starts taking over the house and even ate the dog! The parents do not like the plantand Mortimer pleas with his teacher to write them and explaine what is going on to his parents.  The plant has gained human charictoristics, and even shows caring for the family, withthis the mother starts changing her mind about things. The teacher returns home from his vaction and finds out that they have been writing letters, he is more then willing to pick up Plantzilla from them.  The mother invites the garden club to see Plantzilla and it also starts blooming.  Mortimer wants to adopt the plant and the teacher and parents allow it.

I would recomend this book to students who love plants.

There was not anything wrong with this book.

I did not like this book.  I do not know what I would do to change it or anything, I just simply did not enjoy this book at all.