I bought this on a recommendation and I like it. Similar books from other publishers had strange fonts that made them difficult to read, but the Junior Kim Youngsa one is fine.

A picture book I read with my youngest: *The Surprisingly Suspicious Plant Encyclopedia* (Written by Ken Sawada / Illustrated by Takumi Shirai & Takashi Kurihara / Supervised by Hisao Sugawara / Junior Kim Youngsa). We have already read three books in the *Surprisingly Encyclopedia* series. *The Surprisingly Cheerful Biology Encyclopedia*, *The Surprisingly Insect Encyclopedia You Want to Befriend*, and *The Surprisingly Different Human Encyclopedia* are all books that my youngest frequently

There are many unique things in the world. Plants around us that we often overlook. Upon closer inspection, they reveal unique abilities or characteristics. I found myself looking at plants I used to casually pass by in a new light, and I also realized that the information I knew was incorrect. Knowledge is constantly being updated whenever something new emerges... sometimes, diverse discoveries are made and rediscovered. There are plants that simply stay in their spots as if nothing is wrong.

Shall we explore the diverse, fierce, and mysterious world of plants, which becomes more fascinating the more you look at it? This is *The Surprisingly Suspicious Plant Encyclopedia*, a volume from Junior Kim Youngsa's "Suspicious Encyclopedia" series. The humorous illustrations and text make it entertaining. Are plants merely part of the background? Do they look frail and unable to move? Are they just food for animals? Is that really the case? The book explains that plants don't *can't* move;

This is a book my daughter fell in love with the moment she saw it at Kyobo Bookstore. I left my wallet at home, so I ordered it right away when I got back. It is currently sitting on her desk. When she comes home from school, the first thing she does is wash her hands and read it.

Are plants not unable to move, but simply choosing not to? Do they still consume energy by moving? Plants live in one place because they can survive without the need to exert themselves by moving. Animals move to find food—in other words, to survive—but plants do not need to move with such effort because they produce their own nutrients and oxygen through photosynthesis. Are plants intentionally letting themselves be eaten? You could die if you underestimate plants? Can we not even breathe

(Twins' Books) Plant Encyclopedia. Raising children often leads me to learn more when I step into these "new worlds." By "new worlds," I mean things like seeing books I wouldn't have even looked at if I hadn't raised children, or discovering new things about animals, poop, plants, the human body, and so on, simply because I find them fascinating. For me and the twins, who (by chance) ended up practically "collecting" encyclopedia series, the new face that has arrived this time is the "Plant

My 6-year-old son is very interested in insects and animals, but perhaps because they move so slowly, he wasn't particularly interested in plants. He did show tremendous curiosity and interest when he first learned about the Venus flytrap, but since then, he hasn't really shown much interest in plants... So, I prepared this for him. Turning the first page, it illustrates our common perceptions of plants through pictures. Animal food, they can't move, they look fragile, they are too common,

While reading this book about plants that have undergone many changes to survive, I realized just how tirelessly plants have strived to stay alive. I think I won't just look at plants casually anymore. I really enjoyed reading it with my child. In the "Suspicious Plants" section, reading the story of the Japanese cedar made me think, "Wow... does a plant like this really exist?" To think it directly lowers its heat to melt the buds that hinder blooming... wow... and it does so for a week,