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1) The bad seed
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The bad seed changes his mind about being bad and decides that he wants to be happy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.
5) Big tree
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
6) Little Boo
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pumpkin seed tries unsuccessfully to be scary until it grows into a pumpkin and Halloween arrives.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own.
8) So happy!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief text and illustrations tell the story of a boy, a rabbit, and a seed.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
"Plant a seed to watch it grow. Press on the cloud to make it rain. Jiggle the book to scatter the seeds. Interactive text teaches very young children how flowers sprout and mature. Contains watercolor depictions of a flower in various stages of growth"--
10) What's this?
Author
Language
English
Description
A young girl, assisted by a bird and a marmalade cat, helps a seed to grow into a beautiful flower, then shares its seeds with others.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"--
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On her very first day of school, Sophie is reluctant to make friends with the other children, preferring to play with two squash she grew in her garden--but when a particularly persistent boy named Steven gives her a packet of seeds as an apology for accidentally ripping her picture, she realizes that it just takes time to grow a friend.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follow the journey of a tiny dandelion seed who was afraid to let go. With a poignant, simple storytelling and gorgeous artwork, this best-selling picture book introduces plant life cycles while reminding us to let go and embrace change.
One tiny dandelion seed wants to hold onto its dandelion home, until the winter wind carries it away. The seed worries it won't be able to find its place in such a vast and frightening world.
...Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 2 sheets of stickers
Language
English
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Description
When Bad Seed cannot find an amazing costume for Halloween night, he postpones trick-or-treating for everyone else until he finds the perfect one.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Grub is a lonely raccoon rumbling in the trash for food. Seed is a seed patiently waiting in the trash, hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub wonders what Seed will grow, and is hoping it's Grub's favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers.
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
North American edition
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Luke gets so many presents for his birthday that when his grandfather gives him a bag of seeds, he's rather disappointed. But his grandfather tells him that if he plants and cares for these little seeds, they could become the best present of all. Luke wants to believe him, but it's hard when so little happens day after day. Will Luke have the patience to nurture the seeds into something truly special? Here is a lovely tael told by renowned picture...
19) Pumpkinville
Author
Publisher
F. Fiorello
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Peter and his animal friends join forces to grow the biggest pumpkin in PUMPKINVILLE!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, musical score ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A rabbit cares for a seed brought home from the countryside and anticipates being able to climb its branches one day, so they will both be one hundred feet tall.--
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