How Does a Seed Grow?: A Book with Foldout Pages

by Sue Kim, Tilde

Watch seeds grow right before your eyes! Readers can follow the fun clues and guess what delicious fruits will grow from each seed. With a lift of each foldout flap, kids can watch the seeds take root in the soil, sprout from the ground, and finally, make the fruits we love to eat! A tomato seed grows ripe tomatoes, an orange seed grows juicy oranges, a pea seed grows crunchy pea pods, a pepper seed grows shiny bell peppers, and blueberry seeds grow plump blueberries.

Each cardstock page of this book folds out into a large 14" x 14" inch page that reveals a child enjoying the healthy and delicious fruits of the seeds.

Genres: Picture Books, Science, Gardening, Childrens

14 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Rhyme Owens]

This book was amazing because I couldn't figure out how they take pictures of the roots when they can't even see them in the ground. Also, I really enjoyed reading this book to my little sister, so we both could learn a lot about how seeds grow.

[Tasha]

A visually interesting book all about seeds, sprouts and the harvest. Each page is dedicated to one kind of seed complete with photographs of the seeds. That then unfolds to show a large photograph of the seedling in a cutaway format that shows below the ground to the roots and up above the ground for the leaves. Readers then unfold the page one more time to see a photograph of a child holding the fruit or vegetable. The text is very simple and rhyming. The illustrations are the heart of this book. It is a book guaranteed to fascinate children not only with the unfolding pages but with the details of the seeds and seedlings.

The book covers tomatoes, blueberries, bell peppers, peas and oranges. The brief rhymes do give a sense of the needs of plants from loose dirt to warmth to water and sunshine. Readers will enjoy looking at the differences in the shapes and sizes of the seeds and the different ways that the seeds grow. The children pictured with the fruits and vegetables are multicultural. One quibble is that some of the pictures are a little blurred, which is noticeable when compared with the crispness of the other images.

This book will work well in a classroom setting or in a story time focused on spring and plants. The foldout pages will not survive circulation at a library for long unless they are reinforced with tape. Appropriate for ages 2-5.

[Miss Pippi the Librarian]

Seeds and fruit included in this story - tomatoes, blueberries, bell peppers, peas, and oranges. The pages fold out for each seed so you can see how the plant grows and what the fruit of the seed/plant becomes.

2012 storytime theme:
2018 storytime theme:
2019 storytime theme: dirt / ground / roots
2022 storytime theme: Prek Planters Seeds
2023 storytime theme: PreK Planters Seeds
2025 storytime theme: PreK Planters Seeds
2026 storytime theme: PreK Planters Seeds

Reviewed from a library copy.

[Christina]

I've never seen a book like this. The fold out pages are rare and durable. Also huge like attached posters. Hard to describe but the effect is amazing. The text and photography are top notch. I'm looking for more like it for my sons library.