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A Seed Is Sleepy

By Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by Sylvia Long

9 x 11 in; 40 pp ; full color throughout, ages 5-10
Hardcover
Published in February, 2007
ISBN 0811855201
ISBN13 9780811855204

$16.95  

A Seed Is Sleepy -- Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to a fascinating array of seed and plant facts, making it a guide that is equally at home being read on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle.

Awards and honors for A Seed is Sleepy:
Parenting magazine Mom-Tested Book of the Year
Growing Good Kids, Excellence in Children's Literature Award 2007, Junior Master Gardener & America Horticultural Society
Texas Golden Spur Children's Literature Award
School Library Journal, starred review

Dianna Hutts Aston's previous books include An Egg Is Quiet, When You Were Born, Loony Little, and Bless This Mouse. She lives in Texas Hill Country.

Sylvia Long is the illustrator of many best-selling books for children Her previous books include An Egg Is Quiet, Sylvia Long's Mother Goose, and Snug As a Bug. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Quotes

"This introduction to seeds and plants uses simple sentences that will stretch children's minds and imaginations…. a wonderful addition to units that focus not only on seeds and plants, but also on writing and the language arts." —School Library Journal,Starred Review

"...will pull children into basic botany...and encourage kids to wonder about the plant world's mysterious, gorgeous spectrum of possibilities." —Booklist, March 15, 2007