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Teacher Librarian 04/01/03

The Tiny Seed was a great book with a lot of good information. It was a cute story about a small seed traveling. It would be good for learning science information, as the tiny seed experiences a lot of things. It would also be a good lesson that being small doesn't mean anything, because the tiny seed grew bigger than all the others. ( )

This book is a very good resource for early elementary classrooms. I would recommend this book to a first or second grade classrooms. I have seen a second grade class use this book to learn about science lesson. It covers so many science standards that relate to the environment and plants. The book’s main theme is the life cycle of a flower seed. The book is fiction because at the end of the book the flower grows to be higher than the houses. This could not be possible! It relates to a state standard for first grade, where student must learn the difference between fact and fiction in science.
The book is about a tiny seed that is not as big as the rest of the seeds it travels with throughout the story. It goes through the seasons and proves to be the one seeds that survives at the end, and grows into the biggest flower the world has ever seen. It is a cute story that students can gain a lot of knowledge from. It discusses the process of how a seed turns into a flower right from the start of its life. The book discusses the seasons and how it each helps the seed to grow, die, and reproduce more seeds to be grown into beautiful flowers. “The Tiny Seed” is a must have for every elementary classroom and offers a lot of information for use in lesson plans. ( )

This book is about a seed that comes from a flower and is smaller than all the other seeds. The other seeds get ruined by the sun, weather, people or other conditions, but the little seed grows to be the biggest and most beautiful flower anyone has ever seen. The flower then spreads more seeds in the wind and the cycle starts all over again.

The Tiny Seed is the story of the life cycle of a plant. Though the seed is small, and moves slower, flies lower in the winds, and seems to spring last, it is a great story of success after hard work. The seed goes through many challenges and lots of traveling before finally sprouting into the biggest flower. This book has FABULOUS illustrations, like many Eric Carle books. A good book for intermediate readers–– quite a bit of text on most pages. Visit Eric Carle's website at www.eric-carle.com/home for more resources related to The Tiny Seed and other books by Eric Carle.

Reading Level: 2 ( )