Sam Plants a Sunflower: A Life-The-Flat Nature Book With Real Seeds (Lift-The-Flap Nature Books with Real Seeds) [Hardcover]

Kate Petty (Author), Axel Scheffler (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 16 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836252594
• ISBN-13: 978-0836252590
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars How can such a big plant come from such a small seed?, June 19, 1999

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This review is from: Sam Plants a Sunflower: A Life-The-Flat Nature Book With Real Seeds (Lift-The-Flap Nature Books with Real Seeds) (Hardcover)

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!