A Sunflower's Life

by Nancy Dickmann

Overview

Readers will be inspired to grow their own gardens after they read about the life cycle of a sunflower. This title explores the different parts of a sunflower, and follows the stages of the flower's development from seed to growth to reproduction. The farming of sunflowers is also discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432941536
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Series:	Watch It Grow
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	360L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Nancy Dickmann has written more than 150 non-fiction books for children, specializing in science and history. Before becoming an author, she worked for many years as an editor and publisher of children’s books.

Table of Contents

Life Cycles 4

Seeds and Shoots 8

Becoming a Flower 12

Making Seeds 16

Life Cycle of a Sunflower 22

Picture Glossary 23

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

With large, colorful photographs on every page and a big, easy-to-read font, this series of books about plant and animal life cycles will appeal to both students and teachers. The format and organization in each volume is identical. Teachers will appreciate the nonfiction text features: table of contents, picture glossary, and index. A graphic organizer of each life cycle, depicted on one page, concisely sums up the facts in four stages. Many photographs are labeled to help young readers understand unfamiliar words. Notes to teachers and parents at the end provide suggested pre- and post-reading activities or related book titles. For example, in A Butterfly’s Life, Eric Carle’s The Very Hungary Caterpillar is listed as a fiction text connection. Libraries needing to update their collection in this curricular area will find the series a solid choice. – Barbara S. Zinkovich, formerly of Hollis Academy, Greenville, South Carolina Library Media Connection November/December 2010 Issue

Library Media Connection

The "Watch It Grow" series provides a first introduction to plant and animal life cycles, exploring how living things grow and reproduce. Emergent readers (pre-K to grade 1) will learn how new life begins and develops. Eleven 24-page titles are available covering beans, bees, butterflies, chickens, dogs, frogs, penguins, sunflowers, turtles, apples and oak trees. In January 2011 all titles will be available in Spanish. Educational Dealer November 2011 Issue

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