Katie and the Kudzu King

A little girl from New Jersey travels to Georgia to visit her country cousins. When leaving the Atlanta airport she spies the kudzu vine covering trees and telephone poles. The sight scares her as it resembles monsters, ghosts and trolls. They arrive at Aunt Bessie's who feeds her a huge country meal for supper. Later in the night, she wakes up outside looking up at a green furry monster - the Kudzu King. Her cousins laugh at her but when they see she is serious about the experience they help her to learn about this miraculous vine. This is a humorous yet educational story and many facts about the kudzu vine are presented.