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From Seed to Pumpkin: A Fall Book for Kids
Contributor(s): Pfeffer, Wendy (Author), Hale, James Graham (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0062381857     ISBN-13: 9780062381859
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Gardening
Dewey: 635.62
Lexile Measure: 550
Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.8" W x 7.8" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Holiday - Halloween
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 109977
Reading Level: 3.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Read and find out about how pumpkins grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

This is a clear and appealing environmental science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Plus it includes includes a find out more section with activities such as an experiment to show how plants use roots to drink water from the ground and a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds.

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

  • hands-on and visual
  • acclaimed and trusted
  • great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

  • Entertain and educate at the same time
  • Have appealing, child-centered topics
  • Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
  • Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
  • Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
  • Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
  • Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
  • Meet national science education standards
  • Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
  • Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.


Contributor Bio(s): Pfeffer, Wendy: -

Wendy Pfeffer enjoyed early careers as a teacher and a nursery school director. She now devotes her time to writing and conducting workshops on creative writing for both adults and children. She is the author of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book Sounds All Around as well as The Gooney War and Popcorn Park Zoo. Ms. Pfeffer lives in Pennington, New Jersey.

Hale, James Graham: -

James Graham Hale has illustrated several other books for children, including 'Round and Around by James Skofield; Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies by Ann Turner, a Reading Rainbow Featured Selection; and Barney Is Best by Nancy White Carlstrom. Mr. Hale lives in Ulster Park, New York.