Review by Booklist Review
From the writer and illustrator of Butterflies Are Pretty . . . Gross! (2021) comes the second volume in the Nature's Top Secrets series. The narrator, a rather crotchety bee who promises ever-more-enticing revelations if the readers will just turn the page, encourages viewers to see flowers as "not just pretty . . . They're pretty weird." He extols blossoms, large or small, cute or spooky. The second half of the book spotlights his favorites, including western underground orchids, which are pollinated by termites; duckweed flowers, which can be smaller than grains of salt; and corpse lilies, which smell like rotten meat. As in Sara Levine's Flower Talk (2019), the rather prickly, sometimes amusing narration will capture kids' attention, and the information presented is inherently interesting. The narrator makes bee-related quips, such as, "I've seen flowers so weird, they'll make your six legs shiver. (If you're a bee, that is.)" Stylized digital illustrations reflect the tone of the text while helping viewers visualize the many flowers mentioned. An appealing picture book for certain junior naturalists.
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
