![]() ![]() What else can I say, that hasn't already been said about this book? The illustrations are wonderfully detailed, dancing across each page, a riot of colors and textures. "A parachute of fine, silky hairs can take a dandelion seed 100 miles from its parent plant."ġ00 miles! Who knew? I won't forget that one any time soon. ![]() ![]() After it was unearthed from a long-ago king's mountaintop palace in Israel, a scientist planted it. "The oldest known seed to sprout came from an extinct date palm tree. In addition to scientific information about how seeds distribute and nourish themselves, and grow into plants, the book includes interesting, less-known facts. In the authors' now trademark style, colorful ink and watercolor illustrations are paired with concise, easy to digest facts. Within the text, we learn that seeds start out sleepy, and are sometimes secretive, fruitful, and/or adventurous, and sometimes even naked(!). From the mundane (rice and sunflower seeds) to the exotic (black palm and orchid) to the ridiculous (hamburger bean and earpod), Aston and Long bring them to life.Īs with the previous book, a frontispiece shows numerous examples of seeds, with the plants they came from rendered at the end of the book. Written by Dianna Hutts Aston, and illustrated by Sylvia Long, this lovingly-illustrated non-fiction picture book is all about seeds. Author: Dianna Hutts Aston (Author), Sylvia Long (Illustrator)Ī Seed is Sleepy is the sequel to the acclaimed, Cybils-award-winning An Egg is Quiet. ![]()
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