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4) The bad seed
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This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He's been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be'happy? With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations...
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[2017]
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Plant a seed to watch it grow. Press on the cloud to make it rain. Jiggle the book to scatter the seeds. Interactive text teaches very young children how flowers sprout and mature. Contains watercolor depictions of a flower in various stages of growth.
6) Big tree
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"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
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Follow the journey of a tiny dandelion seed who was afraid to let go. With a poignant, simple storytelling and gorgeous artwork, this best-selling picture book introduces plant life cycles while reminding us to let go and embrace change.
One tiny dandelion seed wants to hold onto its dandelion home, until the winter wind carries it away. The seed worries it won't be able to find its place in such a vast and frightening world.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
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In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
10) Little Boo
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A pumpkin seed tries unsuccessfully to be scary until it grows into a pumpkin and Halloween arrives.
11) Seed
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Night Shade Books
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It's the dawn of the 22nd century, the ecosystem has collapsed,and a new dust bowl sweeps the American West. There is a new power: Satori is more than just a corporation, she is an intelligent, living city that grew out of the ruins of Denver. Satori bioengineers the climate-resistant seed that feeds a hungry nation. What remains of the United States government now exists solely to distribute Satori seed. When one of Satori's Designers goes rogue,...
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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On her very first day of school, Sophie is reluctant to make friends with the other children, preferring to play with two squash she grew in her garden -- but when a particularly persistent boy named Steven gives her a packet of seeds as an apology for accidentally ripping her picture, she realizes that it just takes time to grow a friend.
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Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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"This sweet picture book follows two young children as they grow their garden from seeds ... and encounter a few missteps along the way! Planting a garden is not as easy as it seems -- OH NO! -- there is the hot sun that cracks the earth! And the rain that floods the garden! And those worms that are eating all the plants! But could all of these elements help their garden grow?"--
15) So happy!
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2005
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Brief text and illustrations tell the story of a boy, a rabbit, and a seed.
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The Bad Seed is in a good mood ... for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The Bad Seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book? Pick up this really cool book to find out! The Bad Seed Goes to the Library is a Level 1...
18) Little seeds
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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Simple rhyming text follows a child who plants flower seeds in a garden and loves to watch them grow.
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"An's grandmother Bà sometimes gets trapped in her cloudy memories. An and her grandfather Ông come up with a plan to bring her back to a happy moment: growing gấc fruits so they can make xôi gấc, Bà's favorite dish from her wedding in Vietnam many years ago. An and Ông must be patient as the seeds grow, flower, and turn into fruit. When the xôi gấc is finally ready, An is hopeful that her grandmother will remember her wedding wish with...
20) A wish is a seed
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Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
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Compares a wish to a seed, which is carried on the wind, lands in a patch of hardened ground, and eventually becomes a tree that generates new seeds and wishes.
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