Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5566
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
"Grow Your Own Monsters" is a children's book that teaches readers how to grow eight unusual plants, including the squirting cucumber, the walking stick cabbage, and the Venus flytrap. Written by Nicola Davies with coauthor Simon Hickmott, the book provides step-by-step instructions for sowing and caring for these strange plants. The plants featured behave in remarkable ways, such as shooting seeds, eating insects, and growing into unusual shapes.