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"Each of the three seeds in this story--a cherry seed in the MIddle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia--survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance. Stephie's verses...
3) Seed School
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When a little lost seed joins a class of seed students, he learns how soil, water, sunshine, and time will help him grow, but while some of his friends sprout and grow up in just one season, the still small lost seed wonders what he will become.
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In a plot of land at the edge of town, Ana grows only perfectly sized plants and perfect-looking flowers; she throws all the irregular shoots and uneven seeds over the wall into the disorderly Wild. But as her garden gets tidier, neater and more constrained, the Wild begins to grow...
5) The bad seed
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This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He's been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be'happy? With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations...
7) Big tree
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"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
9) Popcorn Bob
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A young girl who loves popcorn discovers that her favorite treat has turned into Popcorn Bob! Will she be able to keep him a secret until she can get rid of him?
11) The carrot seed
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Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.
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After moving across the country, Chloë begins helping her grandfather, Uli, look after his garden - mostly because she wants to find out why he and her dad didn't speak to each other for years. Soon Chloë discovers that peopl ein the community have been entrusting Uli with seeds from rare and endangered varieties of fruits and vegetables for decades. But Uli won't be around forever - what will happen to this carefully curated collection when he's...
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"The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"--
15) Pumpkin, pumpkin
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Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and, after watching it grow, carves it, and saves some seeds to plant in the spring.
17) So happy!
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Brief text and illustrations tell the story of a boy, a rabbit, and a seed.
19) Whirl
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"Follow the wordless journey of a maple key, as it twirls away from the parent tree and across the city. Along the way the windblown key crosses paths with children, their families, and a variety of animals. It even stars momentarily in a child's artwork, before finally landing, overwintering, and germinating in the spring. Solid nature content is interwoven with human narratives in this fresh new take on natural life cycles and the larger circle...
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