A Tree Is a Plant (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) [Library Binding]

Clyde Robert Bulla (Author), Stacey Schuett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1

A tree is the biggest plant that grows.

Trees can live for a very long time, and they are alive all year long, even when they look dead in winter.

In this newly illustrated book, you will learn how a tree grows and how it gets food and water. You can also find out what happens to water after it travels through a tree's roots, branches, and leaves, and how to figure out a tree's age.

Clyde Robert Bulla's simple and concise text and Stacey Schuett's lush illustrations follow a tree's continuous life cycle through spring, summer, winter, and fall.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-A newly illustrated version of a 1960 publication. Although the title and beginning pages indicate a broad look at trees, the focus is on the apple tree. Through impressionistic paintings and a simple text, the book describes its seasonal cycle. Bulla discusses the parts of the tree and their functions without complex explanations of the mechanisms involved in fruit formation, photosynthesis, etc. "The blossoms last only a few days.-The apples are where the blossoms were before." Concepts such as water intake are emphasized with arrows indicating its route within the plant. The charming paintings, many of which are full-page and large enough for comfortable group sharing, depict numerous outdoor scenes peopled by children of various ethnic backgrounds. An appended section includes instructions for a transpiration experiment and suggests a method for measuring the age of a tree. Gail Saunders-Smith's Apple Trees (Bridgestone, 1998), illustrated with photos, also takes a seasonal approach, but it has a more controlled vocabulary and contains much less information than Bulla's book. Saunders-Smith's From Blossom to Fruit (Pebble, 1998) is exclusively about apple formation, with a very simplified vocabulary and close-up color photos.
Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 3-6. From the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, this reillustrated book on the science of trees is well designed for preschool and early-primary-grade children. The text, from the 1960 edition of the book, follows an apple plant from seed to sprout to tree, including the development of blossoms, leaves, and fruit. The functions of roots, trunk, branches, and leaves are also discussed, as well as the seasonal changes in the tree. Schuett's colorful paintings clearly illustrate topics explained in the text, while their pleasing colors, rounded forms, and small, playful animals will help keep children involved in the topic. The last spread includes a simple activity-- a way of estimating the age of a tree--and a few suggested books on trees and plants. A good starting place for understanding trees. Carolyn Phelan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 40 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060281723
• ISBN-13: 978-0060281724
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What Makes A Tree?, November 12, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A Tree Is a Plant (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) (Library Binding)

This book told us that trees are all different shapes and sizes, and seeds are all different colors. If you don't know much about trees keep reading! There are many different kinds of trees. We loved the book soo much! There are four stages in a seed life cycle: seed gets covered, seed germinates under ground, plant sprouts, grows into a big tree. All the information in the book was true, and you should read all over again!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tree is a Plant, October 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A Tree Is a Plant (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) (Library Binding)

I would recommend this book because you can learn something.

I learned that there are lemon trees.` this book is not comfusing because it has easy words.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tree Is A Plant, October 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A Tree Is a Plant (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) (Library Binding)

I liked this book because it told elemets of trees and how they change every season. I would recomend this book for children that like to learn about trees and its also for kids that like to read nonfiction.