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~Publication Date: January 2008
~ISBN: 9780823434046
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: PreK-2
~Text Level: I
~Teaching Idea: Create a tray for each group of students, placing all the food/plant choices onto paper plates, and set the tray in the middle of the table.As the picture shows, this teacher used sunflower seeds, broccoli, celery, baby spinach, and carrots.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/127156389455717360/
"Not only will this book expose kids to a variety of vegetable types, but it explains how they're grown and why they're healthy to eat" (Scholastic)

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Mrs.McNosh and the Great Big Squash by Sarah Weeks

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Mrs.McNosh and the Great Big Squash by Sarah Weeks

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~Illustrator: Nadine Bernard Westcott
~Publication Date: August 2000
~ISBN: 9780736219198
~Genre: Fiction
~Interest Level: 2-5 years
~Text Level: H
~Teaching Idea: Students can think of the funniest things that they can to build a house out of, and draw a picture of it. http://www.beautifulbooksforchildren.com/book-reviews/mrs-mcnosh-and-the-great-big-squash-by-sarah-weeks
"In this sequel to the best-selling Mrs.McNosh Hangs up her Wash, Nelly McNosh once again gets more than she bargained for when she plants as apparently harmless seed in her grade. The squash grows so quickly that it wreaks havoc. How will Mrs.McNosh stop this uncontrollable squash?" (Scholastic)

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~Publication Date: August 2004
~ISBN: 9781582701097
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: PreK-3
~Text Level: M
~Teaching Idea: This would be a great book to teach a multi-cultural lesson on all of the different types of foods there are in each culture. They could compare and contrast. how they're grown the same, but not all places eat the same things.

"If you could plant a garden that would represent your personality, what would it include? Maybe cherry tomatoes, green peppers, and delicious strawberries? Audrey Aubergine and her friends do just that in their neighborhood’s community garden, where they play hide-and-seek, tend giant sunflowers, and discover nature’s possibilities." (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2068366.Our_Community_Garden)

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Food Chains and the Food Webs in Our Backyard Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

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Food Chains and the Food Webs in Our Backyard Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

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~Illustrator: Priscilla Leamont
~Publication Date: November 2012
~ISBN:  9780517709900
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~ Interest Level: Grades 1-2/3-5
~Text Level: M
~Teaching Idea: Have students develop there own food chain and web to go along wit Alice's.

"Alice describes the fascinating food chain in her garden: the plants, the insects eating the plants, and the birds and animals that eat the insects."(Scholastic)

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From the Garden : A Counting Book About Growing Food by Michael Dahl

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From the Garden : A Counting Book About Growing Food by Michael Dahl

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~Illustrator: Todd Ouren
~Publication Date: July 2004
~ ISBN: 9781404811164
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Ages 4-8 years
~Text Level: I
~Teaching Idea: Incorporate this into a math and science lesson.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/608619337112497119
"Pea pods, cucumbers, and strawberries provide plenty of opportunities for counting in the garden! Follow Dad, Grandma, and other family members as they pick and count. Hidden numbers on every page give readers an opportunity to search and learn." (http://www.capstonepub.com/classroom/products/from-the-garden-3/)

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Pick, Pull, Snap! Where a Flower Once Bloomed by Lola Shafer

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Pick, Pull, Snap! Where a Flower Once Bloomed by Lola Shafer

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~Illustrator: Lindsay George
~Publication Date: April 2001
~ISBN: 9780688178345
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grade K-2
~Text Level: M
~Teaching Idea: An art project illustrating and exploring the life cycle through flowering plants.
https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Pick-Pull-Snap.html
"In this poetic picture book, the life cycle of flowering plants is explored. Beautiful art and scientific vocabulary, supported by a glossary, make clear the life cycle of peas, raspberries, peanuts, corn, peaches, and pumpkins." (Scholastic)

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~Publication Date: March 1970
~ISBN: 9780241135860
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades 1-3
~Text Level: L
~Teaching Idea: Students can create their own tiny seed story with illustrations.  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/419679259006483188/
"Travel along with a tiny seed as it faces all manner of dangers on its journey to becoming a flowering plant."
(https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/The-Tiny-Seed.html)

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~Published: December 2016
"Our topic for today is Seed Germination. The life of a plant begins from a tiny seed. The seed is protected by an outer covering called a seed coat. The seed contains a small baby plant called the embryo. Conditions required for the growth of a seed are Moisture, Warmth, Nutrient rich soil, Sunlight and Good quality seed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6xptjgNR0

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Farmer Plants the Seeds by The Kiboomers

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Farmer Plants the Seeds by The Kiboomers

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~Published: March 2016
This would be a great song to play after a science lesson involving the life cycle of a plant. This could be a beginning song to listen to while talking about the first stages of the seeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRhGOdqWIIo

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Vegetation Transformation: Crash Course Kids #5.2

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Vegetation Transformation: Crash Course Kids #5.2

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"Have you ever seen a magic trick where one thing changes to another thing? Well, that's nothing compared to what plants can do through a process called photosynthesis. In this episode, Sabrina talks about how photosynthesis works!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EstPeBt9CyU

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~Publication Date: March 1997
~ISBN:  9780688135027
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades PreK-2
~Text Level: I
~Teaching Idea: Students learn the parts of the plant by looking at live plants after reading, researching and sequencing the various plant parts.
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/Lesson.asp?ID=2039

"With softly colored pencil drawings and rhythmic text in cumulative tale format, this title follows the growth of a boy's backyard flower garden.  The information on plants is clear, simple and perfect for this age group." (https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Jacks-Garden-Henry-Cole.html)

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~Illustrator: Stacey Schutte
~Publication Date: September 2001
~ISBN: 9780613455589
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades PreK-1
~Text Level: J
~Teaching Idea: In this lesson, students will participate in close reading a text about trees. They will ask and answer text-dependent questions and identify the main topic and key details of the text. They will also write an informative paragraph about what they've learned, providing examples from the text they read. http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/50894

"Through the example of an apple tree, readers learn how a tree grows, how it is nourished from the sun and water, how water travels up from the root system, etc. Stacy Schuett's charming paintings are a perfect fit for the text and the fun suggested experiments make for great additions to lessons on trees for kids." (https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/A-Tree-Is-a-Plant.html)

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~Illustrator: Megan Halsey
~Publication Date: April 1999
~ISBN: 9780780461192
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades PreK-2
~Text Level: I
~Teaching Idea: Before you read: Ask children to think about what has been happening with their seeds. How did their seeds look when they first planted them? What has happened to them over the week? How have they changed? Show children the cover, and read the title and author’s name. Ask, Why do you think the children on the cover look so happy? What are they doing?

After you read: Ask children to compare how the boy planted and cared for his bean with what they have been doing with their beans.
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/curriculum/family-child-care-educators/plants/activity/morning-circle/171/read-and-discuss-one-bean/

"Follow the progress of a bean as a boy soaks it, plants it, waters it, re-pots it, and watches more beans grow." (Scholastic)

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~Illustrator: Phillip Webb
~Publication Date: January 1996
~ISBN: 9789766459543
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades 1-3
~Text Level: M
~Teaching Idea: Students draw a picture of a plant doing something, and tell the story of their picture. After sharing and discussing each other's pictures, students draw a second picture to show what might happen next. Working at their own pace, they continue the story by drawing pictures showing the problem and solution. When all the pictures are complete, students put them in order and write or dictate the story that goes with them. Finally, students create an accordion book from their drawings and text.
http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/draw-story-stepping-from-45.html

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~Illustrator: Loretta Krupinski
~Publication Date: September 1960
~ISBN: 9780713600445
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades 1-3
~Text Level: I
~Teaching idea: There is a short passage about how seeds grow. Students will identify the main idea and three supporting details. They will also answer two comprehension questions. The reading level of the passage is Kindergarten to first grade level.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Main-Idea-How-do-Seeds-Grow-1469752
"How a Seed Grows is a clearly written title from Let's Read and Find Out Science explains how seeds work and shows the growth stages of a bean plant, including "each aspect of the botanical process, from sowing bean seeds, to the growth of tiny root hairs, to transplanting the plant in the garden." (School Library Journal)

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A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds by Jean Richards 

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A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds by Jean Richards 

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~Illustrator: Anca Hariton
~Publication Date: May 2002
~ISBN:  9780761316220
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades PreK-3
~Text Level: J
~Teaching Idea: A lesson for this book could be as simple as reading this book aloud, then cutting up some of the fruits right in front of the students, and letting them explore the pieces to see the seeds up close.  Even those children who have seen all of these fruits before will likely never have given much thought about the seeds in each fruit.

"We love A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds! It's a kid-friendly introduction to the different types of seeds found in fruit."
(https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/A-Fruit-Is-a-Suitcase-for-Seeds.html)

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~Teaching Idea: This printable is fabulous because it doesn’t just lump all plants and seeds together. It shows the plant life cycle based on an apple, pumpkin, and sunflower.
https://www.weareteachers.com/plant-life-cycle-activities/

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To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson

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To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson

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~Illustrator: Margaret Chodos-Irvine
~Publication Date: April 2008
~ISBN: 9784593505432
~Genre: Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades K-3
~Text Level: H
~Teaching Idea: Provide spray bottles for students to make sand damp. Provide craft sticks and paint brushes for the children to make Sun and other shapes in the sand.

"A young girl plants a sunflower seed and then eagerly watches it grow through the different seasons. Through Swanson's brief, lyrical lines, readers learn about the different stages of growth from seed to sunflower then back to seed again."
(https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/To-Be-Like-the-Sun.html)

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Oh Say Can You Seed? All About Flowering Plants by Bonnie Worth

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Oh Say Can You Seed? All About Flowering Plants by Bonnie Worth

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~ Illustrator: Aristides Ruiz
~Publication Date: March 2001
~ISBN: 9780375910951
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades K-3
~Text Level: M
~Teaching Idea: Have a seed diagram for students to color and label the different cycles a seed goes through while becoming a plant.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oh-Say-Can-You-Seed-3029048
"This fun book on plants for kids is bursting with Seussian fun, including bouncy rhyming text and zany, vibrant illustrations. Readers learn about parts of plants, seeds, and flowers as well as a kid-friendly dose of photosynthesis and pollination." (https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Oh-Say-Can-You-Seed.html)

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~Publication Date: January 1991
~ISBN: 9780590638920
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades 1-2
~Text Level: I
~Teaching Idea: Let children plant beans or other seeds in paper cups or pots. Children can place the cups in sunlight, water them, and watch the seeds grow.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/seed-plant-extension-activities/
"This book gives young readers an interesting look into the basics of plant reproduction, pollen transference, seed dispersal and germination. A great first look at botanical science, with Gibbons' characteristically vivid illustrations. Plant this one in your science collection." (Scholastic)

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How Tulips Grow/Como Crecen Los Tulipanes by Joanne Mattern

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How Tulips Grow/Como Crecen Los Tulipanes by Joanne Mattern

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Publication Date: December 2005
~ISBN: 9780836864724
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: Grades K-2

~Text Level: G/ Bilingual

~Teaching Idea: Have students demonstrate the life cycle in English and Spanish words.

"The life cycle of plants is a common theme in the early science curriculum. This bilingual series uses simple text to explain how tiny seeds turn into giant trees or into the vegetables children find on their dinner plates." -Joanne Mattern

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~Illustrator: Thomas Allen & Nancy Carpenter
~Publication Date: August 1995
~ISBN: 9780394864679
~Genre: Fiction/ Children's Literature
~Interest Level: Grades 1-2/ 3-5
~Text Level: n/a
~Teaching Idea: Have a picnic. The children in The Secret Garden enjoy their picnics. Have your own Secret Garden inspired picnic.
https://mosswoodconnections.com/the-secret-garden-teacher-resources-lessons-and-activities/

"What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite Manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she is changing too..." (Scholastic)

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~Publications Date: March 2010
~ISBN: 9781416986720
~Genre: Poetry
~Interest Level: Grades 2-6
~Text Level: O
~Teaching Idea: 3-D Tree Mapping. Florian explores the diversity of the tree as a species, featuring a variety of trees from around the world. With your students, create an oversized map of the world and assign students to each continent with the task of researching the trees that grow in this geographic area and creating a three dimensional model of the tree to place on the map. You will want to agree on a common scale so that students can ultimately compare the relative size of the trees as part of a discussion of the relationship between the trees and their climates. http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2010/11/poetrees/

"Poetrees is a collection of 18 poems and illustrations that celebrate all that is wonderful about trees." (Florian)

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Fruits and Vegetables/Frutas y Vegetales by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza

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Fruits and Vegetables/Frutas y Vegetales by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza

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~Illustrator: Linda Holt Aryiss
~Publication Date: February 2004
~ISBN: 1931398100
~Genre: Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: 1month-6 years
~Text Level: Cross Written Bilingual M
~Teaching Idea: Cultural idea to incorporate Spanish into a lesson.
"You won't have trouble getting children to appreciate fruits and vegetables with this vividly illustrated learning book in English and Spanish. Each page introduces the reader to a wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables using carefully selected mouthwatering words. A complete pronunciation guide is included in the back of the book for quick and easy reference. Healthy and nutritious foods have never been made more appealing to children. They'll eat it up!"- Gladys Rosa-Mendoza

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~Teaching Idea: While teaching, you can get so involved when it comes to plant parts, but this anchor chart is a nice simplified version for younger learners. It really focuses on the essentials.

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The Plants, Les Plantes. published by Independent Pub Group

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The Plants, Les Plantes. published by Independent Pub Group

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~Publication Date: December 2014
~ISBN:  9781840598780
~Genre: Juvenile Non-Fiction
~Interest Level: 4-8 years
~Text Level: Beginner Bilingual M
~Teaching Idea: Cultural idea to incorporate Spanish into a lesson.
"This book is one of many in a collection that combines photographs, bright illustrations, and dual-language words in clear, bold text. Suitable for both individuals and groups, these books are a child’s perfect introduction to exploring other languages."