In connection with the novel Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, students will research a pretty, but poisonous, animal, flower, and insect. Milkweed is plant with beautiful purple flowers when in bloom, or delicate white floss / fiber when dying. It is toxic if consumed in large quantities. When the milkweed plant appears in the Warsaw ghetto, it offers a bit of hope and life, but it is ironic that it cannot be consumed as food. Staying true to this theme, the animals, flowers, and insects listed in t