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The Giant Seed
In this follow up to the magnificently inventive Ice, Arthur Geisert once again charms us with his porcine world. This time his pigs must get creative when a volcano destroys their home. Fortunately they got busybefore trouble hit by planting a huge mysterious seed, for it's the seed plus imagination, as well as a good dose of can-do spirit, that save the day! Illustrated...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by Enchanted Lion Books
(first published April 10th 2012)
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I love this book because it encourages creativity and imagination. This entire story is told without words using the pictures in the book. The Giant Seed is a great book to use for an endless amount of reading and writing activities in the class. Students could read this book aloud to the class. Because it doesn't have words the students can't be wrong in the story they decide to tell. This same story can then be transfered into their own writing and they can take ownership of an amazing story t...more
Wordless Picture book. I have not read Ice. In this title, a giant dandelion seed lands amid a town of tiny pigs. They carefully plant the see-- perhaps unaware that a volcano is about to erupt. Fortunately, caring for their earth is ultimately what saves them. The dandelion flowers eventually go to seed, which the pigs use to escape the firey landscape. As always, Geisert's illustrations are fabulous. Have students write a story to complement the pictures.
Story without words. A huge dandelion seed lands on an island where tiny pigs have built a village. They plant the seed on a hill where it grows incredibly large. A volcano errupts on the other side of the island near the village. The little pigs use the dandelion seeds on the new plant to float away to another island away from the destruction of the volcano.
I love wordless books and this one has some interesting potential. Love that the little pigs plant a dandelion and it becomes very useful to them. You don't find many picture books where an erupting volcano causes the characters to flee their village because fireballs are coming down all around. Probably best for ages 5-10.
Geisert's trademark etchings featuring pigs do not disappoint. With ingenuity they once again get themselves out of a tight place.
Favorite image: pigs riding on the dandelion seeds in the light of the moon, in black and white.
Wonderful visual storytelling.
Favorite image: pigs riding on the dandelion seeds in the light of the moon, in black and white.
Wonderful visual storytelling.
Apparently this writer/illustrator and his pigs are famous -- I'd never seen any of his books before. It was a cute story with no words but sometimes I really felt like a few words would have connected the story -- the pictures seemed to jump around too much.
Wonderfully imaginative book! I love using textless picture books for creative writing assignments where the students have to write either a short story based on the pictures, or just write text to go with each page. This one would be perfect for that, I think.
The Giant Seed by Arthur Geisert - worldless picture book. Well done as always. A giant seed lands on an island of little pigs. The pigs plant the seed and watch it grow... The seed eventually provides them with a safe escape route.
I loved Ice and even more sharing it with my class so can't wait to share this. There is so much discussion generated by these powerful little wordless books and I love the dramatic themes they explore.
I haven't seen Ice yet to which this is a follow up story, but this is another delightful wordless tale with Geisert's always charming piggies ingeniously finding a way out of a tight spot.
This follow-up to the charming Ice continues the story of the community of pigs. One night, an enormous seed landed near the homes of the pigs. The pigs immediately set to work planting it, watering it, and caring for it. It grew into an enormous dandelion. Just as the flowers were blooming, a volcano near their village started to erupt. Hot ash fell onto their homes and the pigs were forced to flee. They found the solution in the dandelion seeds, riding them to a new island filled with trees an...more
Wordless book about pigs living on an island and a giant seed lands. They plant it and it grows. Disaster strikes their island and they use the flower to help them escape.
Interesting wordless picture books are always fun to share, telling your own dialog or way of explaining what is happening in the illustrations.
The characters in Geisert's books always seem to be facing some kind of disaster or potential disaster. This time - a volcanic eruption.
Love the idea that several reviewers have mentioned about using this book for creative writing. I love Arthur Geisert pig books!
Holy cow, this is so much better than Ice. I can't wait to use this in our plant unit next year!
I love Geisert's illustrations, and it is fun to think one could be saved by a dandelion.
No text. Fine lines and watercolor illustrations. Short and wide book. Magical premise.
If Arthur Geisert designed a world, I'd go live there.
A great wordless book. So many places it could be used in a curriculum, particularly Social Studies. I thinking would be interesting to pair it with Shan Tan's The Arrival for a discussion of immigration--the Giant Seed as a jumping off point for why people immigrate, The Arrival for the experience of immigrating.
May 17, 2013
Amy Brown
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Librarian
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Apr 22, 2013
Carrie
marked it as library-books-for-little-guy
Apr 14, 2013
Niki
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