Seeds Move by Robin Page

 

Seeds are fascinating. Germination is mysterious. The conditions for life have to be just right or the seed won't sprout or thrive. SO seeds need to move. 

"a seed needs sunlight, soil, water, and an uncrowded place to put down roots."

This book explains how seeds move - you are sure to be very surprised when you discover just how ingenious seeds can be. Oh and you are sure to enjoy sharing some delicious words with your young reading companion. 

A seed hitchhikes - on this page we see sticktight seeds clinging to the fur of a raccon.

A seed catapults - on this page you will discover exploding cucumber seeds that shoot from their pods in the wind or if jolted by a passing animal. 

A seed burrows - ants take bloodroot seeds into their underground nest. The ants eat a little and bury the rest - a perfect spot for a seed.

A seed squirts - when orangutans eat the durian fruit the spit out the bitter seeds. 

Have you thought about a mouse that eats a wheat seed? The mouse is eaten by an hawke. The hawke coughs up a pellet containing the bones and fur of the mouse along with undigested wheat seeds.

A seed parachutes - milkweed and dandelion seeds move like tiny parachutes.

Page examines how seeds move from their parent plants to places where they can sprout and grow. The simple prose relies on action verbs for punch, if not scientific accuracy: A seed may "hitchhike," "catapult," "parachute," or even "plop"—in the poop of a berry-eating bear. Some spreads depict related actions: The large, buoyant seeds of the coconut palm and monkey-ladder vine can both drop into water and "drift" or "float" off, perhaps finding an auspicious shore for propagation. ...  Crisply delineated against white space, digital illustrations use colour, texture, and form to depict striking, identifiable images ...  Kirkus

Here are a set of teaching ideas to use with this book which has some further links to explore. I have talked about Robin Page and her late husband Steve Jenkins in previous posts. I so appreciate their wonderful non fiction books and the range of topics they cover.  Here is Robin's web site. 

I haven't see this book by Melissa Stewart but it looks like the perfect companion read:

And then you might look for these:

The Girl who Planted Trees

The Digger and the Flower

Mike's Magic Seeds