A Seed Is Sleepy

Don't you just love the sound of this title? I think it aptly describes just what any little old seed is. It's got so much potential to grow into something beautiful, but is just sleeping away until everything is just right. In this non-fiction picture book Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, paint with words and color, the elegant story of seeds. This text, though informational, is often times written in a very poetic manner.

Each page has bold and colorful examples of almost every type of seed you can think of. I was surprised with how much I learned from it, thinking of all the little seeds I've seen outside without ever knowing their names. It made me think of how full of life this little world of ours is.

This is a great book for introducing children to seeds and how they start growing. Each page tells the different ways seeds look, travel, and grow, and provides many accurate representations for each. I really liked about this book was how it connected the beginning and end of its story with a single seed coming full circle, which is something I didn't pick up on until the 3rd read through. I have to admit though, that each time I read it I found another neat little tidbit of information to think about the next time I'm out for a little walk.