A Seed Is Sleepy

A Seed is Sleepy is a colorful book that informs the reader about seeds and how they become plants. The seeds travel by the wind and other ways to find soil to land in and make its home. The seeds grow up to be plants and the student's can see this in the book.

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LibraryThing member Natalia824

Science lesson: good way to illustrate the importance of seeds. Would ask kids to draw and label the varies parts of a seed-bean seed- and this book illustrates the life cycles of trees and the way seeds spread.

LibraryThing member MollyWalker

Summary:
While reading this book children will learn that seeds start out sleepy and are sometimes secretive, fruitful, and or adventurous, and sometimes even naked. There is also scientific information about how seeds distribute and nourish themselves and grow into plants.

Personal Reaction:
This

is a very information book. It is also very well written. I believe children would retain a lot of information from this book.

Classroom Extensions:
1. Have the children each plant a seed.
2. Have them keep a journal about the daily growth of their plant.

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LibraryThing member RangerRoss

The first thing that strikes you when you pick up this book is its simplicity and beauty. Though aimed at younger children, this book has many different species of plants illustrated along with very specific scientific information about seeds, and almost lyric cursive script. Younger children will

enjoy this introduction into seeds. It tells a narrative of the seed's life cycle with flowing language.

This book can be used in the classroom with examples of different types of seeds, and in conjunction with students planting their own seeds. The sheer volume of information and different seed types is sure to fascinate interested young learners.

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LibraryThing member karen.strachan

Summary: This book is about how a seed is sleepy. First, the seed lies inside its flower, on its cone, or covered with soil. It is slow to reveal itself; the seed waits for warmer temperatures. The seed is fruitful, and most plants are flowering plants. A seed is also naked, but these seeds are

called gymnosperms. Seeds explore to find the right place to put down roots. A seed is thirsty and hungry, and it needs the rain and minerals in the soil. A seed knows to push through the soil to get to the sunlight. Finally a seed is sleepy, and then awake.
Personal Reaction: I found this book to very informative introduction to seeds. I also enjoyed the poetic language and the descriptive pictures. The book introduces children to variety of seed and plant facts, and the text will inspire questions and observations.
Classroom Extensions: 1. In the classroom, this book can be to explain the life cycle of a seed. 2. This book can be used in a classroom reading circle.

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LibraryThing member BraleeGilday

This book takes the reader through the stages of a seed, from the time it lies in the soil or inside a flower to the time it grows and blooms. In between are wonderful illustrations and many facts about different kinds of seeds and growth.
Genre: Informational
Critique:
1) This is wonderful example

of informational text, as it is both factual and interesting to read. While it is definitely informational, the author still uses style (which is often not present in informational text), which gives the text an extra boost.
2) Dianna, the author, uses style in this informational book. When describing the different stages of a seed, she sometimes uses personification to better the meaning. Some of these include: the seed is sleepy, secretive, adventurous, inventive, generous, thirsty and hungry, and clever. At first glance, it seems like this personification would remove its ability to be informational, but really it adds to it, especially for this primary audience. Calling a seed sleepy makes much more sense than saying it is dormant. Saying it is generous is much simpler and easier to understand than it germinates. Each of these personifications is backed up by facts that support the title, which take away any ambiguity or misunderstandings.

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LibraryThing member L_Fields

The slightly simplified technical drawing in this book are lovely, and give it a comforting heirloom feeling. While the drawing are labeled and precise, the writing tries to engage many dimensions of the reader's attention. A poetical tone is achieved in the larger, script text. Smaller text with

block letters are used to express information. This information is still mostly presented conversationally and in an engaging format. However, the scientific facts, while pertinent, disrupt the flow of the book. The calming images seem at odds with the meandering writing and random placement of text, making ones eyes dart around to find information.

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LibraryThing member DonnaChoe

A Seed Is Sleepy is a beautifully illustrated book...some of the illustrations look like they belong in a calendar or hallmark card. Though a picture book, the size of the text is quite small and because some of the text is written in cursive, it seems like a great book to read with or to a child

to share the interest and passion for seeds, flowers and gardening
Perfect for read-aloud

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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

Diana Jutts Aston and Sylvia Long - who also collaborated on An Egg Is Quiet - offer a pean to the seed in this lovely picture-book, which explores some of the many fascinating qualities of these plants-to-be. In the beginning, a seed is sleepy (and secretive), lying untouched and still, but soon

it is fruitful and adventurous - spreading out and growing. Each two-page spread pairs a general (and rather poetic) statement about seeds, with some specific scientific information. "A Seed Is Naked," for instance, is followed by a brief two-sentence discussion of gymnosperms - seeds that are not "clothed" in fruit.

I really liked this dual format, and think it will draw young readers in, sparking their interest and then building upon it. The ink and watercolor artwork is simply superb, with beautiful colors, appealing page layout, and botanical portraits that capture the delicate charm of dandelion seeds and the towering strength of the redwoods. A Seed Is Sleepy presents its information in an innovative way, making it one of a number of recent picture-book (Jason Chin's Redwoods also springs to mind, in this regard) I would recommend, to get reluctant or indifferent young students interested in botany. Highly recommended!

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LibraryThing member rdg301library

This book is all about seeds and how the wind, humans, and animals carry the seeds to different places. It explains the different types of seeds from different plants. It also talks about how some seeds take two seasons to grow and some can take up to ten years.

Reading Level: Primary
Genre:

Nonfiction - Informational

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LibraryThing member hollyegirard

I would use this book for a word study to go over all of the different words that were used and weather they were noun, verbs, adjectives, etc.

LibraryThing member jenniferm14

Beautiful illustrations and elegant sentences introduce children to the life and variety of seeds. This non-fiction book is a great option for lessons on plants, growing, farms, and more.

LibraryThing member crieder95

Dianna Hutts Aston and Silvia Long do it again. Together they create a vibrant and interesting book about something as small and simple as seeds. The pictures are colorful and realistic to portray all the seeds and flowers true look. Each page is full of visual and textural information for a reader

to take in. Each page has a font in larger heading with smaller text full of more complex, deeper information. I love love love these books and think they are a great interdisciplinary to science classes.
Visuals could be brought in to the class to compare the pictures in the books to the real things. Students would be able to see, touch, and smell what seeds really look like. The classroom could make their own small garden or just singular flowers in pots. Students would learn to care and nurture the seeds to watch them grow into flowers. It would be a fun experiment to watch it happen before their own eyes.

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LibraryThing member sarahetuemmler

This is a book all about seeds. It describes the live cycle a seed makes and all the different characteristics of a seed. This book is an informational book. It has little descriptions such as, "Seeds come in many sizes." The whole book gives you information on seeds.

LibraryThing member kvelin

This is a great informational book all about seeds and the process of moving from seed to plant. Each page has a different adjective of what a seed is. It then goes into more depth talking about why a seed is "sleepy", "adventurous" etc. The illustrations are great and the book names many different

types of seeds and plants. It would be a great book before beginning a unit on plants.

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LibraryThing member mrsdanaalbasha

I love books with science and knowledge, I think they are important in any library and for every age. I didn't like science in school, so I'm trying to educate myself in that department starting from scratch, and the illustrations are lovely.

LibraryThing member mrsdanaalbasha

LibraryThing member kfrost32

This book is all about seeds and how important they are for life on esrth. The book starts by going over all the different things seeds are: sleepy, secretive, fruitful etc.. In doing this, it intices the reader because of course seeds don't really sleep, so it is intriguing to the reader to see

what the seed actually does. It then goes over how a seed grows and all the things that it need, and then it's journey to becoming a plant.

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LibraryThing member kbuffum13

This book covers a wide variety of seeds that turn into many interesting plants. It covers the smallest and largest seeds in the world. The tone of this book gives human characteristics so that students could connect to the seed. Because of this, it would connect well with FOSS structures of life

investigation. It also goes through the life cycle of a seed, which is a great review for third grade since life cycles were covered in second grade. There would need to be some pre-teaching of specific scientific vocabulary that is in this book.

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LibraryThing member jdaniel14

The illustrations in this book are amazing! I think this book does an excellent job of presenting an informational book in a way that draws students in. Some key vocabulary mentioned in the book include photosynthesis, shoot, germinate, and dormant. This book would be a great support for teaching

on the lifecycles of plants which could be paired with the CC #4 system and system models.

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LibraryThing member sommerkirk

A Seed is Sleepy is a sweet book with beautiful illustrations! This story told all about the different things that seeds are. I really appreciated the clear illustrations and descriptions.

LibraryThing member amassingale

This is a book that discusses all of the characteristics of a seed. It can be used in research projects for elementary students.

LibraryThing member sommerkirk

A Seed is Sleepy is a sweet book with beautiful illustrations! This story told all about the different things that seeds are. I really appreciated the clear illustrations and descriptions.

LibraryThing member SabraR

This book is full of beautiful an detailed illustrations that really grabs the readers attention. The book talks about all different kinds of seeds and different seasons. Every seed that is drawn in this book as a caption by it saying what kind of seed it is which is very helpful for the reader.

This is a very good informational book because it gives a lot of information and gives detailed illustrations which helps the students follow the information more.

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