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    <body><![CDATA[<p><u>A Tiny Seed</u> 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 mysel...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59657052">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amasing!!!!!!!<br/>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. <br/>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 se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58535923">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[2)	Carle, E. (1987). The Tiny Seed. New York: Little Simon.<br/>    (Ages 1-3)  Illustrated in Eric Carle’s signature style, The Tiny Seed is the story of a seed, tinier than the others, who manages to make it past all dangers to become a flower and to grow seeds of its own.  There are a lot of w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80956611">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a story about a tiny seed who becomes a plant after going through a perilous journey. There is a lesson to be learned from this tiny seed; &quot;slow and steady wins the race&quot;. Also, it can teach us that no matter how small we are, we can still contribute to the world. This book is a lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76979013">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I used this book in elementary schools and during therapy sessions to discuss death and loss with young children. It is a simple book that cheerfully describes the cycle of life, which is great when trying to broach tough topics!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my girl's second favorite eric carle book.<br/><br/>she's thinks all kids books are written by him actually...lol.<br/><br/>but this one she liked b/c the bird makes the mountain happy.  beautiful little story.<br/><br/>highly recommend.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very nice story with lovely illustrations.  My girls enjoyed hearing this story several times.  It would be the perfect addition to a seed planting activity.  Possibly a book we'll visit again for such an experience.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a neat little book with lots of teachable moments in it about how seeds spread their seeds.  It can also be a spiritual book if you connect it to the parable that Jesus tells about the seed.  It is very similar.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How can you go wrong with Eric Carle?  We're learning about plants and seeds in science right now.  This book reinforces the concept and has the great illustration that Carle is known for.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This story makes it seem like a miracle that any seed every gets to grow into a plant. It's informational, but also circle-of-life-y. Kind of dry for sharing, but good for young plant lovers. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book could be used in learning about seasons and about plants (roots, seeds,stems, the flower) and what plants need to survive]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The illustrations are amazing. All of Eric Carle's books are must haves for bedtime stories for kids.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[earth day, flowers, growing, outdoors, nature<br/><br/>opportunity for children to move along with the story]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The life cycle of a plant from seed, back to seed. Another great work by Eric Carle. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> 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 seed remains, growing into a giant flower and, when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again. <p> <strong>Eric Carle's</strong> eloquent text and brilliant collages turn the simple life cycle of a plant into an exciting story, a nature lesson, and an inspiring message of the importance of perseverance.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my favorite Eric Carle book. The Hungary Caterpillar is much better.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ <p>Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed.<p>Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun; another falls into the ocean; still another is eaten by a bird. Even after those that are left have landed on fertile ground and begun to grow, danger is near: one small plant is stepped on; one little flower is picked; but the tiny seed keeps growing almost unnoticed. Young readers will cheer at the happy outcome of this exciting tale. And they will long remember the heartening message of the tiny seed's steadfast perserverance in the face of many hazards and obstacles until its final joyful success. </p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this because the small seed grows biggest. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice book to teach children about the plant life cycle.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Favorite]]></body>
    
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