It Starts With a Seed
Title | It Starts With a Seed PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Knowles |
Publisher | words & pictures |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2017-09-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1912413930 |
With lyrical text, enchanting illustrations, and a beautiful fold-out scene to complete the story, this award-winning picture book takes you on a journey through the seasons and years as you follow a seed’s transformation from a seedling to a sapling, then a young tree, until it becomes a large tree with its branches and roots filling the page. As the tree grows, it is joined by well-loved woodland creatures—squirrels and rabbits, butterflies and owls—who make it their home. A rhyming poem builds page on page, echoing the rings of a growing tree. The story culminates with a foldout page showing a mature tree shedding seeds to continue the beautiful cycle of life. At the back, find the full poem and facts about the specific tree, a sycamore. Beautiful and evocative, It Starts With a Seed is a factual story that will touch children with its simple, enchanting message of life and growth. A 2018 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council)
Big Picture Book How Food Grows
Title | Big Picture Book How Food Grows PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Bone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Plants |
ISBN | 9781474922456 |
The Big Picture Book How Food Grows is full of beautiful illustrations of plants, grains and trees in different habitats, that will encourage children to explore outdoors and find out more about where their food comes from.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving And Starting
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving And Starting PDF eBook |
Author | Sheri Richerson |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2012-03-06 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 1101577169 |
Mouthwatering heirlooms, exciting hybrids, sensational herbs, colorful flowers - you dream of a garden overflowing with vibrant, healthy plants. Turn your dream garden into reality with seeds you save and start yourself! With easy ideas on harvesting, storing, sowing and nurturing your seeds into flourishing plants, this helpful guide gives you a sure path from start to success. In it, you get: A look at seed and plant anatomy and how pollination works. Simple suggestions for identifying seeds to save, and for gathering and prepping seeds for next year's garden. Guidance on germinating seeds, indoors or out, using scarification or stratification. Tips for transplanting, thinning, hardening off, and protecting seedlings from weather, pests and disease. Easy ideas for cross-breeding plants and creating hybrids suited to your garden and climate. A comprehensive directory of botanical names and harvesting, germination, and sowing data for hundreds of plants. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Seed Saving And Starting is an essential resource to reap richer results with plants grown from your own seeds!
A Seed Is the Start
Title | A Seed Is the Start PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa Stewart |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1426329776 |
Explores the plant cycle, how seeds grow, ways they travel, and what it takes for a seed to become a plant.
The Story of Corn
Title | The Story of Corn PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Nelson |
Publisher | Lerner Publications (Tm) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781728414379 |
Low-level text and engaging photographs introduce young readers to sequential thinking.
Plant a Little Seed
Title | Plant a Little Seed PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie Christensen |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2012-05-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 159643550X |
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.
It Starts With A Seed
Title | It Starts With A Seed PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Knowles |
Publisher | Words & Pictures |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2019-09-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0711244073 |
In gentle rhyme, It Starts with a Seed evocatively explores the growth of a tiny sycamore seed. Taking a journey through the seasons and years, we follow the seed as it transforms from a seedling to a sapling, then a young tree, until it becomes a large tree with its branches and roots filling the page. As the tree grows, it is joined by well-loved woodland creatures - squirrels and rabbits, butterflies and owls - who make it their home. Beautiful and evocative, It Starts with a Seed is a factual story that will touch children with its simple but enchanting message of life and growth. Beautifully presented, It Starts with a Seed has a gold embossed front cover, gatefolds, textured paper and specialised etching technique, hand made by the illustrator throughout. It Starts with a Seed was the winner of the inaugural Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non-Fiction.