A Sunflower's Life Cycle

by Ruth Thomson

Overview

The giant sunflower begins as a tiny seed that slowly puts down roots and grows into a mighty stalk with an iconic bloom. This book follows the trail of maturation from seed to sunny blossom. A life cycle reference page succinctly summaries the amazing, natural process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615322190
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	01/30/2010
Series:	Let's Look at Life Cycles Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-2–This weak series pairs photos of average or below-average quality to short texts that are not always carefully written. Not only do lines such as “Why are webbed feet good for swimming?” or “The queen [bee] sits on her eggs to keep them warm” require answers or explication that they do not receive, but readers are asked to count a blurred jumble of hens in Chicken's Life Cycle, and in Frog's Life Cycle to predict what will happen to “frogspawn” that is missing from the accompanying picture. Each volume closes with a craft activity and a reading list but they don't compensate for the books' problems.

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