Sam Plants a Sunflower [With A Packet of Real Seeds]

by Kate Petty, Axel Scheffler, Petty Kate

Book Overview

What better way to teach children about nature than to help them plant a garden? With these Lift-the-Flap Nature Books, kids can also share the experience with two likable little creatures.In Sam... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836252594
• ISBN13: 9780836252590
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

How can such a big plant come from such a small seed?

Watch "Sam the Cat" demonstrate how he grew some majestic sunflowers, and then show children how they can too. The seeds to do this are actually included within the book's inside front cover. It's no wonder this book won the Giverny Award for best children's science picture book. Not only is it bright and friendly, beautifully illustrated, and complete with flaps to lift and a giant pop-up sunflower to startle the reader, it's also a very well-written science book. Its strength lies in its visual and narrative potential to interest children in the Plant Kingdom--by helping them understand the timing and stages of a single plant's life cycle well. Few science picture books are accompanied by such a caring, curiousity-driven, and scientifically accurate story! Plus, Sam the Cat and his friends make it all look like so much fun!