
A seed grows
Antoinette Portis(Author)
Scallywag Press
Published on 2. June 2022
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-912650-93-4 (ISBN)
Description
"A seed falls,
And settles into the ground,
And the Sun shines,
And the rain comes down,
And the seed grows..."
To understand how a seed becomes a sunflower, you have to peek beneath the soil and wait patiently as winding roots grow, a stalk inches out of the earth, and new seeds emerge among blooming petals. With evocative and lively illustrations, A Seed Grows offers a close-up view of each step of this process and the ways in which flowers and seeds depend on other creatures, with a striking fold-out spread of a full-grown sunflower and additional material at the back of the book explaining the science of plant life cycles. The final quiz and suggested activities are a fun way to re-inforce what has been learnt.
And settles into the ground,
And the Sun shines,
And the rain comes down,
And the seed grows..."
To understand how a seed becomes a sunflower, you have to peek beneath the soil and wait patiently as winding roots grow, a stalk inches out of the earth, and new seeds emerge among blooming petals. With evocative and lively illustrations, A Seed Grows offers a close-up view of each step of this process and the ways in which flowers and seeds depend on other creatures, with a striking fold-out spread of a full-grown sunflower and additional material at the back of the book explaining the science of plant life cycles. The final quiz and suggested activities are a fun way to re-inforce what has been learnt.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 years
Illustrations
Full colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912650-93-4 (9781912650934)
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Person
Antoinette Portis got a Fine Arts degree and worked in the world of design and advertising at Disney before becoming an illustrator. She lives in California. Her picture-book debut was with the New York Times best-selling 'Not A Box', an American Library Association Seuss Geisel Honor book, and one of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year. She was a recipient of the 2010 Sendak Fellowship. Antoinette's 'Hey! Water' was long listed for the UKLA Award and her 'A New Green Day' won the English Association Award 2021 for non fiction for ages 4-7.