One Little Seed

by Elaine Greenstein

One Little Seed reveals how a tiny seed sprouts into a beautiful, sun-loving flower. Just right for the youngest of readers and the smallest of hands.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Gardening, Nature, Childrens, Plants

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 24, 2004

Reviews

[Mandy J. Hoffman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple story with simply pictures. This is a great way to introduce young children to the process of a seed becoming a plant.

[Jaime Ann Sanborn · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite story time books for teaching children how plants grow and the cycle of plant life.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Super simple text (like 2 words a spread) showing how a seed is planted and grows and then is harvested. A decent read aloud if you want to embellish a lot, but it's also a very small book and not great for a group to all see at once.

[Library Lady Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Make sure you include exploration of the end pages in your reading of this book. And I like how it loops. The action in the last page spread loops you back to the beginning of the story and how the process repeats season after season.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two to five words per double-page spread, words on left, illustration on right. Perfect for a story time, except the format is small (7x7).

[Isai Mendoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple graphics to go with a simple story. This is a fantastic approach to teach young children about the development of a plant from a seed.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute, short tale of blooming flowers. With only a few words on each page, this story shows how one seed can plant a flower, and multiple seeds, a garden. The descriptive words and illustrations (and a few rhymes) kept it interesting. At the end of the story, when "one little seed is picked", children are encouraged to tie the seed to the flower, and think about how the seed is planted at the beginning. I would recommend this book to young children-about age 4 or 5.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't find this book too enjoyable and don't perceive too many children enjoying it. The book uses some words that I don't even know what they mean unless I look at the picture. I wouldn't recommend this book.

[June · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story of planting "One Little seed," the care and the harvesting of "One Little seed." (To be a little nit-picky, more than one plant is shown.) However, this is a nice simple story for all the gardening programs for summer reading, etc.

The summary is for "One Little Lamb."

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A small picture book shared a simple phrases to talk about planting a sunflower seed. We acted the plant actions out with our arms during storytime.

2015 Storytime Theme: Rainy Weather

Reviewed from a library copy.

[Dayna · Rating 3 out of 5]

small and quick read. this is a full circle tale about how one tiny seed grows to become a big sunflower...full of more seeds to then plant just one and start the cycle all over again

[Terry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stuff for children.

[Karyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent for small children!

[Kris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for a Spring or gardening themed storytime.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Follows a seed from the time it is planted until it grows into a beautiful flower.

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple and short book using the life cycle of a sunflower seed - perfect for young toddlers although the book is quite small.

[Miss Janis the Storytime Lady · Rating 3 out of 5]

little book, so tough for storytime. nice, though.

[Lesley Looper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple story of lifecycle of a seed. Nice illustrations, too.

[RPBYS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to gardens and how things grow. Simple enough for the toddler stage.