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The Tiny Seed
by
Eric Carle
In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest...more
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
April 1st 2001
by Aladdin
(first published June 1st 1970)
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Main Character: Tiny Seed
Setting: Nature/Outdoors
POV: Narrator
Grade Level: 1st-2nd
Reading Level: Fountas-Pinnell - L
Genre: Picture Book
A tiny seed is blowing around with a group of other seeds. One seed goes out of control and blows to high and close to the sun. It burns up! Seeds will not all safely land in their destination. One gets stuck on an icy mountain. Other seeds drown in the ocean. Another seed lands in the desert and can’t grow in the hot and dry conditions. Finally the wind stops an...more
Setting: Nature/Outdoors
POV: Narrator
Grade Level: 1st-2nd
Reading Level: Fountas-Pinnell - L
Genre: Picture Book
A tiny seed is blowing around with a group of other seeds. One seed goes out of control and blows to high and close to the sun. It burns up! Seeds will not all safely land in their destination. One gets stuck on an icy mountain. Other seeds drown in the ocean. Another seed lands in the desert and can’t grow in the hot and dry conditions. Finally the wind stops an...more
I love this author! He is by far one of my favorites. I recently read this book to my pre-k children. Our theme was gardens. The children enjoyed this book so much that they clapped and cheered after I read it. This is a great book to show children how a plant or flower grows. It also talks about the seasons of the year. It even has some good positional words and some new vocabulary words for children.Even though this book is a little long, it kept the childrens attention.
Extension Activity: An...more
Extension Activity: An...more
The Tiny Seed follows the path of a seed as it leaves the flower and floats on the wind towards its resting spot. Eric Carle helps us empathize with the long journey that seeds must take and all the little things that must happen before a seed is planted in he Earth. He stresses the most minute chances that occur for this little seed to become a flower. It is also good to note that Carle writes about the full circle of life, as the seed makes its own seeds in the end and helps children to think...more
Instructional Ideas
* Book Talk (language arts)
After sharing the story, talk with students about what they think would have happened next in the story if the author kept going? Help children to understand that the story follows the seasons in a cyclical order. Point out the season at the start of the story and how the life cycle starts all over again. Review the names of the seasons..Ask: What season is it nw? What season came before this one? What season will come next?
* Make a Story Cycle (Lang...more
* Book Talk (language arts)
After sharing the story, talk with students about what they think would have happened next in the story if the author kept going? Help children to understand that the story follows the seasons in a cyclical order. Point out the season at the start of the story and how the life cycle starts all over again. Review the names of the seasons..Ask: What season is it nw? What season came before this one? What season will come next?
* Make a Story Cycle (Lang...more
May 28, 2009
Shanna Gonzalez
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
children-04-08
This book tells the story of a group of flower seeds, blowing into the air in Autumn, with one tiny seed among them. As they journey through many dangerous places, different seeds succumb to death before finding a place to take root: one flies too close to the sun and is burned up, one lands on an icy mountain too cold to germinate it; another lands in the ocean, and so on, but the tiny seed moves on with the remaining seeds. As they begin to fall to the fertile earth, a bird eats one. During th...more
I came across this book during placement B in a nursery. I used it during the week we decided to grow a seed as a starting point. I think although a little longwinded it unravels the complex life cycle of a plant. It starts off with a seed travelling through various hazardous conditions which have led to some seeds not going through the cycle but one manages to land on an ideal place and is also favoured by good conditions which led to it growing into a big beautiful flower. Eric Carle has a uni...more
The Tiny Seed follows the path of a seed as it leaves the flower and floats on the wind towards its resting spot. Eric Carle helps us empathize with the long journey that seeds must take and all the little things that must happen before a seed is planted in the Earth. The book starts does a great job of walking through the seasons as it explains what happens to one little seed. The portrait of the circle of life for a seed is great. Not all seed that leave a plant will turn into a beautiful flow...more
Eric Carle
The Tiny Seed
The Story is about the growing process of seeds. The story incorporates information about the types of environments that seeds will and will not grow, whilst introducing the seasons. The story enables the reader to find out what happens within the seasons and what dangers the tiny seed faces from the environment and us as humans.
The illustrations are bold and colourful, whilst giving great detail of the outdoor environment. The children really enjoyed reading the story, a...more
The Tiny Seed
The Story is about the growing process of seeds. The story incorporates information about the types of environments that seeds will and will not grow, whilst introducing the seasons. The story enables the reader to find out what happens within the seasons and what dangers the tiny seed faces from the environment and us as humans.
The illustrations are bold and colourful, whilst giving great detail of the outdoor environment. The children really enjoyed reading the story, a...more
Picture
Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987.
Genre - Fiction
This book is about a seed that is smaller than all the other seeds it flies with. It is because of its small size that it is able to survive everything it is in danger. Eventually the seed survives and grows into the largest flower ever where people come from all over to see. Eventually the flower begins to die and pass on its own seeds to start the cycle over.
This story is touches on life, death, and the cycl...more
Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987.
Genre - Fiction
This book is about a seed that is smaller than all the other seeds it flies with. It is because of its small size that it is able to survive everything it is in danger. Eventually the seed survives and grows into the largest flower ever where people come from all over to see. Eventually the flower begins to die and pass on its own seeds to start the cycle over.
This story is touches on life, death, and the cycl...more
Feb 22, 2012
Bethany Vines
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The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is a children's book about several seeds that take flight. Many of the seeds are big and strong, but there is one small seed that does not travel as fast throughout the trip. Though this sounds like a bad thing for the tiny seed at the beginning of the book, the author goes through the adventure and tells of all the ways that the being tiny gives the seed an advantage. In the end, the tiny seed is the only one left and it grows into a marvelous, giant flower that peop...more
As children's lit goes, this book is fantastic. Loved the illustrations, and following the tiny seed through each season and seeing how it survived and grew into a giant flower, concluding with bearing its own seeds.
From an educational perspective, this is a meaty book (for a picture book) about seasons and growing, though not very versatile - pretty much just the one theme in the book.
From a library/story time perspective, this is not a good book for story time. Too wordy. Maybe if you abridge...more
From an educational perspective, this is a meaty book (for a picture book) about seasons and growing, though not very versatile - pretty much just the one theme in the book.
From a library/story time perspective, this is not a good book for story time. Too wordy. Maybe if you abridge...more
The Tiny Seed is an intriguing story, which tells the story of a seed’s journey. The story begins with a tiny seed, as it is blown by the wind into different weather conditions, as it eventually takes settles into the ground ready to become a flower. Eventually the flower that has grown begins to die, allowing new seeds to be released into the wind; hence the cycle of a plant begins again. The story is a great introduction in showing children the life cycle of a plant and with that how flowers g...more
Jun 14, 2009
Emily
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
rdg-507-building-character
A Tiny Seed is a great book. I love reading this book to my students. They enjoy the pictures as much as the story itself. It is journey of a seed and how that seed turns into a beautiful plant. The seed is also given human-like qualities, which adds another dimension to the story. I find myself getting attached to the seed, because this seed faces much adversity and hardships. The "tiny seed" is kind of like an underdog story. What is neat about this is the students learn about the plant life c
...more
The Tiny Seed illustrates what happens to seeds as they are released into the wind from a plant. The seeds all start off blowing in the wind, even the tiniest little seed. All of the seeds are trying to find a place to land before the snow falls so that they can grow when spring comes. Some of the seeds get destroyed or lost before they can take root. Some seeds take root but are picked or stepped on. However, the tiniest seed grows into a sunflower and gives off seeds of its own to create more...more
Jul 12, 2012
Tiffany Jolly
added it
The Tiny Seed
Fiction: picture story book. Pattern, seeds
Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Illus by Eric Carle. Picture Book Studio, 1987, 36, primary.
In The Tiny Seed, Carle goes through the life cycle of a flowers seed and the continuous pattern of whether the seed will sprout or if something will cause it to not. Carle is known for being original with his illustrations and we see this with his colorful collage of paper, which has a bold style and sets a silly tone for children to follow and enjoy....more
Fiction: picture story book. Pattern, seeds
Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Illus by Eric Carle. Picture Book Studio, 1987, 36, primary.
In The Tiny Seed, Carle goes through the life cycle of a flowers seed and the continuous pattern of whether the seed will sprout or if something will cause it to not. Carle is known for being original with his illustrations and we see this with his colorful collage of paper, which has a bold style and sets a silly tone for children to follow and enjoy....more
My class is learning about lifecycles. This week we're watching our soybean seeds swell up and finding tiny roots growing out of them. It is exciting to see them notice every detail about their growing seeds. When I read "The Tiny Seed," they were amazed that seeds had to overcome so many obstacles (from falling in water and drowning, being eaten by birds or mice, being overshadowed by large weeds, being stepped on by children, and more). They didn’t realize a seed needs an ideal environment (th...more
It's a cute book about the cycle of a flower, but more importantly about how a child might be small and behind in the beginning, can truly thrive if he keeps on going and trying.
Summary: This story is about a flower and, one day a big wind comes. The wind blows seeds up into the air and across the world. Some get burned up by the sun, others get lost in the great waters of the ocean. Three seeds finally land on green grass. One of those three seeds got covered up by a big green leaf, it couldn't get enough light from the sun, so it didn't survive. Another seed didn't get enough water, it to didn't survive. But the last seed got the perfect amount of sun and the perfect...more
Mommy's review from 10/25/11 -
The Tiny Seed reminded both of us of one of Carle's other books, A House for Hermit Crab. We both love the illustrations in Carle's books and the stories are no less lovely.
This is basically the life cycle of a seed turning into a seedling turning into a flower and then sending seeds out into the wind.
Julia's favorite part was that the little tiniest seed was the one to survive and grow so big and strong.
I'd have preferred the seed to grow to normal size. I felt th...more
The Tiny Seed reminded both of us of one of Carle's other books, A House for Hermit Crab. We both love the illustrations in Carle's books and the stories are no less lovely.
This is basically the life cycle of a seed turning into a seedling turning into a flower and then sending seeds out into the wind.
Julia's favorite part was that the little tiniest seed was the one to survive and grow so big and strong.
I'd have preferred the seed to grow to normal size. I felt th...more
I really like the way this book is written. This book is about a tiny seed that flies along with other seeds waiting for a place to land and grow. On its journey it sees many places that are not so good for little seeds to grow. Then the tiny seed finds its place and grows into the biggest flower you've ever seen! Throughout the story Eric Carle is describing how plants grow and continue to grow, their life cycle. He explains in what seasons they grow (seasons could be a math lesson) and the nut...more
The Tiny See
Eric Carle
Grade: 2
Content:
> The life cycle of a plant
This book gives a good illustration of the life cycle of a plant. This book was different than other books I found regarding the life cycle, because it gave a realistic view that not all plants survive the complete life cycle. It illustrated that as the seeds traveled some were eaten by animals; or that the plant was stepped on and died. Teachers can use this book to as students grow their own plants in the classroom. If plants...more
Eric Carle
Grade: 2
Content:
> The life cycle of a plant
This book gives a good illustration of the life cycle of a plant. This book was different than other books I found regarding the life cycle, because it gave a realistic view that not all plants survive the complete life cycle. It illustrated that as the seeds traveled some were eaten by animals; or that the plant was stepped on and died. Teachers can use this book to as students grow their own plants in the classroom. If plants...more
I am a fan of this author. I do like this book as well. It is a little bit of a long book but you can connect this book with many concepts such as social emotional, math and science as well. The book is very colorful and has some rich vocabulary as well.
Learning Experience:
For this book I would connect this book with a math concept. I would have a cupcake pan and label each pan hole with a number. I would then give the children different types of plant seeds. The children will be able to fill...more
This book follows the life and death of the everyday life forms of plants and flowers. I thought it was very well done, telling the absolute truth of the troubles that these plants must endure. Eric gets everything down, from the flight of seeds, to the troubles that some neighboring plants will bring. For these reasons, I felt it was a great informative book for children learning about plants and animals. I also thought that children would like this book because they can relate to the seed, as...more
What a nice story. The tiny seed doesn't fly as high and is not as large as the others. But it perseveres. It does not fall in the water and drown. Nor is it eaten by a bird. It lasts through the seasons. It doesn't grow as fast as the others. Thus it is not picked by a boy for his girlfriend. But once it begins to sprout, it dominates. It grows and grows until autumn returns. The seed pod finally breaks open from the flower and releases seeds that will follow the same path as the tiny seed did...more
I love Eric Carle! Excellent quality books! This book is an excellent way to integrate litercy into a science lesson. It can be used when discussing seasons, plant life cycles, practice of sequencing events and even artistic inspiration.
Coupled with a venn-diagram, it may be used to discuss different types of plants. Students may be assesed by labeling a plant.
The POINT, is that cnnections are made and the children take on the role of scientists or artists, ect.
*Why is this important to cover? T...more
Coupled with a venn-diagram, it may be used to discuss different types of plants. Students may be assesed by labeling a plant.
The POINT, is that cnnections are made and the children take on the role of scientists or artists, ect.
*Why is this important to cover? T...more
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is a magnificent book on the life cycle of a seed. It teaches students how a seed grows and shows the students steps of the plants growth until it is a full grown plant. The book also touches on the different seasons of the year. I could also use this book to do a science experiemnt where students plant their own seed and watch it grow. Students will be engaged in math during this lesson because they could keep record of the time they observe their plant and also make...more
Feb 29, 2012
Jamie
added it
This book was really cute and I think that it had a good moral to the story. It brings the idea that even if you are small or don't seem as good as others, you can do great things. The seed was tiny and did not fly as far or high as the other seeds but it survived and bloomed into the biggest and most beautiful flower. It teaches kids to keep trying. The pictures were very indicative to Eric Carle and I thought they contributed to the story but were not as necessary like in other picture books....more
Feb 24, 2012
Samantha Weatherford
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
k-3rd graders. any older n may appear boring to kids
Recommended to Samantha by:
Mrs. Stallings
this book had great illustrations and was very big. i think this book would do good to teach kids they are special, and even if they seem small, they may have the biggest impact of all on the world. evryone plays their part, and they affect others in the end. also could teach young kids sequencing. it was a little graphic, as it showed seeds dying, being eaten, etc. life and death are emphasized as the seeds one by one don't make it. so it could also be used to express in a child appropriate way...more
Feb 11, 2013
Cayla Lile
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
environmental,
educational,
informational,
lesson-related,
nature,
read-aloud,
picture-books
I have mixed feelings about this book. I like that it goes through the science of how seeds travel and are planted, and how flowers grow. However, this book could be very confusing if the teacher was using it as a lesson aid. At the end of the book a flower grows taller than the house and the trees. I think that if this was used during a lesson, that children would become confused, think that flowers really do grow that tall. If I were to use this in a lesson, i would be sure to clarify that it...more
This book is amasing!!!!!!!
when I turned to the first page I knew it was going to good. The art work was astonising and the words are perfect together.
This book tells you about a journey a little seed takes to get to it's settling piont. It is interesting reading about how the little seed is making it's may to the settling piont.
But you are going to have to read the book to see what happens to the little seed.So go to a local book store or library and ask for this book because it is 28 pages s...more
when I turned to the first page I knew it was going to good. The art work was astonising and the words are perfect together.
This book tells you about a journey a little seed takes to get to it's settling piont. It is interesting reading about how the little seed is making it's may to the settling piont.
But you are going to have to read the book to see what happens to the little seed.So go to a local book store or library and ask for this book because it is 28 pages s...more
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Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is a children's book author and illustrator, most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 71 million copies of his books have sold around...more
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