• Age: 6 to 8
• Grade: 1 to 3
• Reading age: 6 to 8

Mia wants a dog, but her mom wants her to start with something easier: a plant.

Mia thinks her new plant is beyond boring, since it doesn’t do anything fun, like shake a paw. But when she turns her back on it for just a moment, it eats her sandwich. Then her stuffed lion. Mia tries shutting it in the bathroom, but she returns to see "Plants are NOT boring!" scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror. As Plant feeds on more and more of Mia's stuff, she wonders if there's anything she can do! When she spots the care tag inside its pot, Mia realizes that how she treats Plant matters. If she takes good care of it, maybe Plant could be a great companion after all.

Praise for Mike Deas' illustration:

★“Thrilling, joyous...Deas’s expressive artwork includes the colorful landscapes and flora of Sueño Bay’s forests, from bright greens and yellows in the daytime to subdued blues and grays at night and in the rain. Atmospheric, wordless pages pack a huge punch in this book’s emotional communication. The side effects of loneliness result in magic and danger in this satisfying, relatively self-contained third entry in the ‘Sueño Bay Adventures’ series.”—School Library Journal, starred review for Hermit Hill in the Sueño Bay Adventures series

Marie Hoy-Kenny is a writer, teacher and mother. Marie is the author of the young adult novel The Girls from Hush Cabin, and her short stories and poetry have appeared in several literary magazines. This Plant Is NOT Boring is her debut picture book. Marie lives in Ontario with her husband, kids and their mischievous poodle.

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Mike Deas est auteur-illustrateur de bandes dessinées, telles que Tank and Fizz and The Case of the Tentacle Terror. Il signe aussi les illustrations de la série Graphic Guide Adventure. Sa passion pour l'illustration a été entretenue tout au long de son enfance à l'île Saltspring, en Colombie-Britannique où il habite encore aujourd'hui.

MIKE DEAS is an author/illustrator of graphic novels, most recently Tank and Fizz and the Case of the Tentacle Terror. He is the illustrator of the Graphic Guide Adventure series. His love for illustrative storytelling comes from an early love of reading and drawing while growing up on Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Visit him online at www.deasillustration.com.

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