Synopsis: A fun and educational trip to the pumpkin patch-just in time to pick a pumpkin and carve a jack o'lantern! In this photographic picture book, filled with simple text and vibrant photographs, readers can join a group of young children on a trip to the pumpkin patch. Thanksgiving and Halloween are almost here, and the pumpkins in the patch are just waiting to be picked! Children will learn how pumpkins grow and what happens to them once they're…

Synopsis: Gail Gibbons, creator of beloved STEM picture books, presents an apple tree's changes through all four seasons, as witnessed by the child who loves it. In bright illustrations and simple text, Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a treehouse in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn and berries for the birds in winter, among other seasonal activities. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a…

Synopsis: Highlights stems and roots, the essential plant parts that give us radishes, blackberries, peas, milkweed, corn, strawberries, and trees.

Synopsis: Text and photographs describe the activities in a pumpkin patch, as pink-colored seeds become fat pumpkins, ready to be carved into jack-o'-lanterns.

Synopsis: Describes everything in nature that nurtures a flower and helps it grow.

Synopsis: Pairs of fiction and nonfiction books share high-interest topics and encourage children to compare and contrast, distinguish between fact and fiction, and make the transition between fiction and nonfiction reading strategies.

Synopsis: Photographs from seed to flower in the life cycle of a sunflower.

Synopsis: Just try to keep these books on the shelves! Children can't resist "diving" into these brightly colored books to explore their favorite topics. Young scientists will examine plant parts and animal features "up close" and then turn the page to see how these smaller parts fit into the "bigger picture." Children will take a close-up view of the powerful ears of a bat, the thorny stem of a blackberry bush, the sticky tongue of a fly, and more. Also…

Synopsis: In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But do you know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin? In this classic Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book, Wendy Pfeffer's lively text combines with James Graham Hale's beautiful watercolors to bring readers into the pumpkin patch to show them how little seeds transform into big pumpkins.Now rebranded with a new cover look, this…

Synopsis: Just try to keep these books on the shelves! Children can't resist "diving" into these brightly colored books to explore their favorite topics. Young scientists will examine plant parts and animal features "up close" and then turn the page to see how these smaller parts fit into the "bigger picture." Children will take a close-up view of the powerful ears of a bat, the thorny stem of a blackberry bush, the sticky tongue of a fly, and more. Also…

Synopsis: After sowing unmarked seeds, three youngsters wait expectantly for their garden to grow.

Synopsis: This pairing of fiction and non-fiction literature features a fable about a flower from an apple tree realizing that all flowers have their own beauty. The companion book presents photographs of various types of flowers.

Synopsis: "Spring is here, and Gus wants to grow a plant. All he needs is seeds, water, sun ... and a little bit of love."--P. [4] of cover.