A Seed Grows
$18.63
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2026
Summary
From a tiny seed to a huge, fold-out bloom, the transformative life cycle of a sunflower plays out in this bold read-aloud.
A Sibert Honor Book! A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book!
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.
“A seed falls, And settles into the ground, And the Sun shines, And the rain comes down, And t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780823462612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0823462617 |
| Author: | Antoinette Portis |
| Publisher: | Holiday House Inc |
| Imprint: | Holiday House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 230mm x 230mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
★ “Clear, engaging, beautiful, and perfectly pitched to its young audience—simply brilliant.”—The Horn Book, Starred Review
★ “Like tissue paper held up to a sunny window, Portis’s pictures have the glow of stained glass, offering texture and inviting readers to come a little closer to see what she has created… . As with all of Portis’s books, natural science is served sunny-side up, without a word out of place, in this essential guide.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review
★ “Employing spare language and sunny, stippled multimedia spreads that belie their quiet complexity, Portis gracefully traces a sunflower’s cycle from seed to sprout to plant—and back again… It’s a volume almost as jam-packed as a seed itself.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Youngsters will feel a sense of awe as they witness the magic of a seed’s first tender shoot and the symbiosis of nature… . [A] useful primer on one of nature’s miraculous cycles.”—Kirkus Reviews
“An appealing addition to the STEM shelf… .”—Booklist
Antoinette Portis
Antoinette Portis is the author of many inventive books for children, including Not a Box, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a Geisel Honor Book and the Sibert Honor book Hey, Water!, which received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal, who said “This simple introduction to water is an ideal read-aloud for the youngest scientists”. Other titles include A New Green Day which was a Junior Library Guild selection and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, as well as the ALA Notable Books Wait and Now. A recipient of the Prestigious Sendak Fellowship, she lives in Southern California.
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