A tiny seed travels across the world. Its fellow seeds are burned by the water, fall into the ocean, etc. It is the latest to grow, but it grows into the tallest flower and releases its own tiny seeds.

Preschoolers loved this book! The beautiful illustrations and easy-to-understand narrative make it easy for students to understand the life cycle of a flower. I coupled this with a sequencing activity. ( )

This story makes it seem like a miracle that any seed every gets to grow into a plant. It's informational, but also circle-of-life-y. Kind of dry for sharing, but good for young plant lovers. ( )

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

I like the middle part of the book that shows the many ways seeds can miss the opportunity to sprout and become full-grown plants, but I dislike that the beginning and end have bad information about things in our atmosphere catching fire from the sun and a flower that grows taller than trees and houses. That nonsense spoils it for me. ( )