A seed grows
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
A seed grows
By (Author) Antoinette Portis
Scallywag Press
Scallywag Press
1st June 2022
2nd June 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees
Educational: Biology
571.82
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Width 230mm, Height 230mm
Description
Age range 3 to 6
Understand how a seed becomes a sunflower by peeking beneath the soil, and watching the first shoots grow, until a big fold out reveals the towering, flowering plant!
Minimal text coupled with gorgeous, bright and blocky illustrations show the life cycle of a plant from seed to shoot, flower and seed again. Also shows how plants depend on other animals such as birds.
Author Bio
Antoinette Portis got a Fine Arts degree and worked in the world of design and advertising at Disney before becoming an illustrator. She lives in California. Her picture-book debut was with the New York Times best-selling 'Not A Box', an American Library Association Seuss Geisel Honor book, and one of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year. She was a recipient of the 2010 Sendak Fellowship. Antoinette's 'Hey! Water' was long listed for the UKLA Award and her 'A New Green Day' won the English Association Award 2021 for non fiction for ages 4-7.
