Please Don’t Die: A Guide to Plant Parenthood is a humorous how-to book that combines relatability with education. Since I’ve entered college, I have noticed a common interest among my peers, faculty, and community and that is the love of plants. Whether this is just a current trend or just a world I never knew existed before my 20s, I knew I could use this hobby as the subject of my thesis. I had my own knowledge about the subject, I was interested in doing more research about it, and I knew multitudes of others who were interested in learning more, too. However, I knew I couldn’t write a truly cut-and-dried educational guide to taking care of houseplants because I have trouble taking myself seriously. I love incorporating some sort of humor into most of what I do, whether it provokes just a smile or actual laughter. This, along with the fact that I’d describe my own style as silly, led me to writing a book with a narrator who is wholly sarcastic and dry in the way they give their information. With this tone in place, I felt free to exaggerate color and form within my book. I find I work better with vibrant and oversaturated colors, as opposed to naturalistic ones. Pattern work and repeats are techniques I’m constantly trying to get better at, so I tried to incorporate a pattern on every page. Overall, I think my thesis is overwhelming but in exactly the way I want it to be. There are many how-to plant books on the market, but none like mine.