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Sunflower House
A charming tale about inventive children who plant some summer fun.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
April 19th 1999
by Sandpiper
(first published March 15th 1996)
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Nov 23, 2011
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“Sunflower House” by Eve Bunting is a story about a boy who plants a circle of sunflower seeds into the ground. It tells the process of how he watches them while they grow and what happens when they are fully grown. The sunflower plants form a circle emulating a house where the boy and his friends can go play and be imaginative. It’s a sweet setting about how magical summer can be for children playing in nature and taking in what’s around them. Once the flowers were dying because of the change o...more
This books got rythmn, this books got rhyme, this book can show you how to go outside and have a really good time.
Who wouldnt want a fort made of flowers? To hide in, to play in, to dance with in cool summer showers.
Learn to grow and protect, nurture and respect. Learn to play and enjoy, and use nature as your toy.
Who wouldnt want a fort made of flowers? To hide in, to play in, to dance with in cool summer showers.
Learn to grow and protect, nurture and respect. Learn to play and enjoy, and use nature as your toy.
A delightful read for children perhaps before they plant their first garden or plant. The boy plants a large ring of sunflower's, worries/wonders if they'll ever come up (don't we all?), enjoys a "fort" of sorts inside this circle of tall sunflowers, mournfully watches them die, and picks the seeds to do it all over again next spring.
My favorite lines:
"It's neat to think when something's gone/
a part of it goes on and on."
This little book is a celebration of a good, old-fashioned, small-town ch...more
My favorite lines:
"It's neat to think when something's gone/
a part of it goes on and on."
This little book is a celebration of a good, old-fashioned, small-town ch...more
The sunflower house is a great book to introduce to students doing the plant life cycles. It holds math and science in it. The students will be able to connected it to the prior knowledge about plants and will be able to watch them all grow. The math comes from the measuring of the seed all the way to the flower. This book allows students to also use their imaginations. They saw how the boy made a house out of the sunflowers. The also see a ton of science references. Like the seed to the seedlin...more
Sometimes finding a great book is not an accident. I read about this book on someone else's Feed Me Books Friday post (was it yours?) and my daughters loved it! A little boy and his dad plant sunflower seeds in a circle to create a sunflower house. All his friends love playing in this unique playhouse, but then...fall comes, and the sunflowers start to die. How can this story have a happy ending? Don't worry, it does!
Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers, so I enjoyed this book a lot! I like that the father encouraged imagination in planting the sunflower seeds in a circle, and that the children expanded their own imaginations in while playing in their "sunflower house." There's also a seasonal "circle of life" message here. Another nice one by Eve Bunting.
Bought this book for my daughter for her 1st birthday...she didn't enjoy it as much as she does now that she is almost 3. It is really cute and fun to read about the "Sunflower House" in rhyme from the beginning of seeds to when they over grow and die and they gather the seeds to replant again. A good book about things coming full circle.
Great book to introduce children not only the wonders of the plant growth process but also the responsibility of caring for things that grow.
As an activity: I use it in spring and Summer time. Plant small flowers and have childen record
the growing process; have them care by given the flower water.
As an activity: I use it in spring and Summer time. Plant small flowers and have childen record
the growing process; have them care by given the flower water.
Sunflower house would be a great book to read during spring! The book is informational, but the illustrations are vivid and lively. I would use this story for rhyming, learning to plant a flower, and for facts about spring.
Lovely sunflower house - my favorite flower, so maybe I'm partial - a metaphor lesson for us all.
"It's neat to think when something's gone
A part of it goes on and on."
"It's neat to think when something's gone
A part of it goes on and on."
This would be a great book to include in a science lesson. It teaches about plant life. It also touches on imagination. I enjoyed reading it.
Since I love sunflowers, I enjoyed reading and looking through this book! Nice way to show the seasonal changes of flowers.
Circle of life book. It's Eve Bunting, need I say more. Themes of seasons, sharing, friendship.
A really nice story to read to introduce the plant life cycle. Nice pictures.
Used this with ESL students to introduce spring vocabulary.
Apr 13, 2013
Matthew
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
literary-devices,
children-s-poetry
Poetry about a child's sunflower patch/fort.
fun book that I read with the kids at church
22 months - we greatly enjoyed this book. The story rhymes and it's all about going outside, being creative and having fun.
Eve Bunting has done it again! I never thought of making a house (we used to call them "forts" when I was a kid) out of sunflowers. In this story told in verse, Bunting illustrates the life cycle of the sunflower. Made me want to go out and plant some myself!
We love this book. It has beautiful pictures and a playful story. I wish I'd read it before we planted our garden or my kids would have a sunflower house for themselves this summer.
I don't like the writing, but I love the idea and the imagination of it all.
I love sunflowers, they are my favorite!
Apr 19, 2013
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Kerry
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Judy Carter
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Eve Bunting is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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