An uncommon look at the commonplace of creation, this book will engage both children and adults with its combination of scientific accuracy, wide-eyed wonder, and subtle humor. Joanne De Jonge here presents a wealth of little-known facts about many fascinating plants while highlighting each subject's unique place in creation.

In The Rustling Grass De Jonge describes how plants do far more than rustle: a skunk cabbage makes its own heat, chestnut trees fight battles, a passion plant begs for attention, cattails pop open, and a cactus reaches out to touch someone. Readers discover that a tomato is really a berry, a sunflower is hundreds of flowers, and poison ivy is good for something after all. In writing about the wonders of these plants and many more, De Jonge enables readers to see and hear God passing through all of the rustling activity.