Vicious Veg

Horrible Science

by Nick Arnold

If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, read on as we dig up the dirt on the world of plants. Find out when a fruit is really a vegetable, how plants keep us from suffocating and what stops trees from falling over. The book includes fact files, quirky quizzes and teacher tests.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Humor, Collections, Nature, Comedy

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 20, 1998

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[Dion Yulianto]

Again, weryy enteraitning.

These arc official facts. Scientific tests have proved that chewing garlic is good for you. And as long as you’ve got your health, who needs friends? *ngakak

So there you have it. Where would we be without plants? We eat them, we breathe their gases, and we take them as medicines when we feel sick. And we can make bridges and homes and run cars and make clothes and books and ... well, everything.

Humans (and every animal) need plants in order to stay alive. But many vegetables can do very nicely thank you without any of us. Plants can make everything they' need to grow and reproduce with just a few basic ingredients.

WE SHOULD
HAVE MORE
RESPECT FOR
PLANTS
THEY’RE
INCREDIBLE ... and TASTY.

And that’s the HORRIBLE truth!

[Qamar]

We are thrilled you chose to read “Vicious Veg” by Nick Arnold! So now you have discovered that vegetables are not only healthy but they also have these amazing secrets. What an amazing lesson to understand how we get our food and how plants grow. Knowing this, it makes you want to go make healthy food choices or even start a small vegetable garden. keep exploring and learning new things everyday!
Love,
Mom and Dad

[Green Jazz Blues]

Stuffed full with info, it's incredible to find out so much about plants presented in a way guaranteed not to be rated as boring! Find out about the defensive and offensive tactics used by plants which you thought just stood around doing nothing and seemed unable to stop being guzzled by animals (or even humans!) Well, you'll be surprised - horribly surprised - at what plants can get up to!

[Letitia]

1 cuốn sách ban đầu nghĩ là sẽ nhàm chán nhưng thực tếlại siêu hài hước và thú vị hơn mình nghĩ. Tả về thực vật với 1 cách cực kì hài hước, hấp dẫn, dễ thấm vào người đọc với những kiến thức không quá cao siêu nhưng bình thường sẽ rất khô khan. Đọc sách vừa giải trí lại vừa bổ sung kiến thức.

[Ryan Mingu]

It was bad because I am not interested in plants eating insects. The fly trapper will snap at the flies for food and can Strick in milliseconds. The plant had a sticky circle and when the insect steps on the circle they get stuck.

[Electro Space Cat]

Interesting and some good facts.

[Indah Threez Lestari]

202 - 2019

[Huy Tran]

A funny science book

[Charlie]

Just a fabulous book that is informative whilst being funny. It's everything you want in an educational book!

[Susan]

Read to my ten-year-old

[Aaryan Bhatia]

might have been one of the last ones i read.

[Megan ♡]

I remember when I literally read every single one of these books and the horrible histories ones. Good times, good times.

[Katerina]

This was a funny book. It is really for young children and it is an introduction to botanology, but done with a really nice way: the scary one. Plants can be vicious and deadly and mean. Brilliant way to make a rather boring science interesting for children!

[Mao Mao]

All of the Horrible Science books have one horrible thing in common: they have quizzes, but they are for your teacher. The number of points the teacher gets tells you your teacher's level. In some books, if the teacher's level is very high, then ask the teacher if he/she has this book. If the teacher has the book, then THROW THE BOOK AWAY(don't). Sometimes there are levels that not even teachers can get to. Some plants eat insects. The insects are digested alive. But how do the plants get the insects inside? On the outside, there is food that attracts the insects to eat. When the insects have eaten the food, it has slipped into the digestive juice of the plant.

[Ali]

avalesh khoob bood vale.chand safhashoo bishtar nakhondam choon baad fahmidam taasir manfi dar binesh mizare farzan ke vazaa injoreee bash.
dorost mifahmidan & system zendegishoon bar asas dark sahih & gir namidadan be in fahme andakeshoon az zendegii & esrar namikardan bar mandan & esbatee zendegeee ke daran. نقطه سر خر.
choon agee rahi haghe esbat namikhaad age be taraf khoda & eteaaa sbat namikhad. esbatesh ghalbe.

[Seo Jin P]

This book is about the 'horrible' information about plants. It is full of the details about plant cells, and some plants that eat bugs. I learned that sometimes plants eat each other, and plants use very interesting ways to transport their seeds. Some cling onto animals, and some fly in the wind using 'parachutes' like dandelion seeds. I enjoyed this book because I like biology and I learned a lot from this book. I recommend this book to those who like science as well.

[Sara]

I thought that this would be about food but it turned out to be about plants!

[Clara]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooo Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
contains a lot of facts about plants but NOT boring like other science books...
BETTER READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rainier]

I need to get the answers in the book barbecue I didn't know them! I love THE VENUS FLYTRAP sold in

[Indah Threez Lestari]

396 - 2016

[Victoria]

A good beginner's book in Botany, though I feel like the jokes do sometimes feel a little dated.

[Rena H]

I usually forgot the time while I was reading it!

[Radhika Gunawardena]

This certainly brought back a flood of memories of when I was studying Advanced Level Botany. I loved it!
And I wish we had these books back then.