The Story Of Seeds

Author : Nancy Castaldo
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780544320253

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The Story of Seeds by Nancy Castaldo Pdf

National Science Teachers Association 2017 Top Science Trade Books for K-12 Students Nerdy Book Club Nerdies 2016 Longform Nonfiction Nonfiction Detectives: Best of 2016 Northland College Young Adult Notable Book Green Earth Book Award – YA Nonfiction 2017 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Notable book * "A terrific, engrossing resource." —Booklist, STARRED review "This eye-opening book on the science and politics of agriculture serves as a wake-up call to readers about the fragility of something many of us take for granted: our plant-based food supply. Castaldo clearly lays out a case for the importance of plant diversity (“Seeds equal life”), presenting engaging scientific and historical information..." —Horn Book Magazine "An impassioned call to action..." —School Library Journal "Castaldo delivers a sobering global status report—and a call to action...Well-crafted and inspiring." —Kirkus "Castaldo breaks down threats like climate change and disease, while providing a greater sense of interconnectivity in nature and within world communities." —Publishers Weekly —

Author : Nancy Castaldo
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0358120179

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The Story of Seeds by Nancy Castaldo Pdf

In the spirit of Michael Pollen's Omnivore's Dilemma, The Story of Seeds is a timely work of nonfiction that reveals the loss of even the smallest seeds can have irreparable ramifications.

Author : Robin Page
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534409163

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Seeds Move! by Robin Page Pdf

Discover the fascinating and surprising ways that seeds move and find a place to grow in this gorgeous picture book from Caldecott Honoree Robin Page. Every seed, big or small, needs sunlight, water, and an uncrowded place to put down roots. But how do seeds get to the perfect place to grow? This exploration of seed dispersal covers a wide range of seeds and the creatures that help them move, from a coconut seed floating on waves to an African grass seed rolled by a dung beetle, to a milkweed seed floating on the wind.

Author : Christie Matheson
Publisher : Greenwillow Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0062393391

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Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson Pdf

How do you make a garden grow? In this playful companion to the popular Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers. And by tapping, clapping, waving, and more, young readers can join in the action! Christie Matheson masterfully combines the wonder of the natural world with the interactivity of reading. Beautiful collage-and-watercolor art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful butterflies. Children engage with the book as they wiggle their fingers to water the seeds, clap to make the sun shine after rain, and shoo away a hungry snail. Appropriate for even the youngest child, Plant the Tiny Seed is never the same book twice—no matter how many times you read it! And for curious young nature lovers, a page of facts about seeds, flowers, and the insects and animals featured in the book is included at the end. Fans of Press Here, Eric Carle, and Lois Ehlert will find their next favorite book in Plant the Tiny Seed.

Author : Laura Knowles
Publisher : words & pictures
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781912413942

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It Starts With A Seed by Laura Knowles Pdf

With lyrical text, enchanting illustrations and a beautiful fold-out scene to complete the story, this award-winning picture book takes you on a journey through the seasons and years as you follow a seed’s transformation from a seedling to a sapling, then a young tree, until it becomes a large tree with its branches and roots filling the page. As the tree grows, it is joined by well-loved woodland creatures – squirrels and rabbits, butterflies and owls – who make it their home. A rhyming poem builds page on page, echoing the rings of a growing tree. The story culminates with a fold-out page showing a mature tree shedding seeds to continue the beautiful cycle of life. At the back, find the full poem and facts about the specific tree, a sycamore. Beautiful and evocative, It Starts With a Seed is a factual story that will touch children with its simple, enchanting message of life and growth. ​ It Starts with a Seed was the winner of the inaugural Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non-Fiction.

Author : Robin Nelson
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728422671

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The Story of Corn by Robin Nelson Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! How does a seed become a yummy ear of corn? A farmer plants seeds. The seeds change into plants. Plants grow. Soon cobs grow on the plants. Learn about the life cycle of corn step by step.

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226362373

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The Book of Seeds by Paul Smith Pdf

“Deftly showcases 600 unique species from across the globe and reveals the wonders of nature. . . . Recommended.” —Library Journal Seeds are nature’s consummate survivors. The next time you admire a field of waving green grassland or a stunning grove of acacia, stop to consider how it got that way—often against incredible odds. Seeds can survive freezing temperatures and drought. They can pass through our digestive systems without damage and weather a trip across the ocean, hitching a ride on marine debris. The Book of Seeds takes readers through six hundred of the world’s seed species, revealing their extraordinary beauty and rich diversity. Each page pairs a beautifully composed photo of a seed—life-size, and, in some cases, enlarged to display fine detail—with a short description, a map showing distribution, and information on conservation status. The whole spectrum of seeds is covered here. There are prolific species like corn and less widely distributed species, like the brilliant blue seeds of the traveler’s palm or the bird of paradise flower. There are tiny seeds and seeds weighing up to forty pounds. And while seeds in all their shapes, sizes, and colors grant us sustenance, there are even some we would be wise to treat with caution, such as the rosary pea, whose seeds are considered toxic. The essential guide to these complex plant creations, The Book of Seeds offers readers a rare, up-close look that will inspire scientists and nature lovers alike. “Handsome and handy.” —New York Times “A well-written primer on seed anatomy, evolution, and use, including conservation.” —Huntia

Author : Nancy Fusco Castaldo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Agrobiodiversity conservation
ISBN : 1725457695

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The Story of Seeds by Nancy Fusco Castaldo Pdf

Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide immpact. Climate change, genetic modification, and loss of biodiversity are silently threatening our existence on this planet. It's time to rally to preserve our food security and environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1846860717

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What's This? by Anonim Pdf

A little girl and her friends--a small bird and a cat--plant a seed and watch it grow.

Author : Julie Gosling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 027331744X

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Shrivel by Julie Gosling Pdf

Author : Stephie Morton
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780884487661

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Three Lost Seeds: Stories of Becoming (Tilbury House Nature Book) by Stephie Morton Pdf

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. 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. Stephie's verses and Nicole Wong's art make a picture book to treasure.

Author : Lindy Kerr
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781973612988

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God’S Amazing Creation by Lindy Kerr Pdf

How are seeds specially programmed? How do seeds sprout? How do they spread all over the earth? What protects seeds in a drought? The Story of Seeds is a book that presents these questions and honors the God who made it all happen.

Author : Kalpana Sharma
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789381017364

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Missing: Half the Story by Kalpana Sharma Pdf

Toilets, trees and gender? Can there be a connection? Is there a gender angle to a business story? Is gender in politics only about how many women get elected to parliament? Is osteoporosis a women's disease? Why do more women die in natural disasters? These are not the questions journalists usually ask when they set out to do their jobs as reporters, sub-editors, photographers of editors. Yet, by not asking, are they missing out on something, perhaps half the story? This is the question this book, edited and written by journalists, for journalists and the lay public interested in media, raises. Through examples from the media, and from their own experience, the contributors explain the concept of gender-sensitive journalism and look at a series of subjects that journalists have to cover - sexual assault, environment, development, business, politics, health, disasters, conflict - and set out a simple way of integrating a gendered lens into day-to-day journalism. Written in a non-academic, accessible style, this book is possibly the first of its kind in India - one that attempts to inject a gender perspective into journalism. Published by Zubaan.

Author : Fiona McMillan-Webster
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Australia
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781760763077

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The Age of Seeds by Fiona McMillan-Webster Pdf

Plants evolved seeds to hack time. Thanks to seeds they can cast their genes forward into the future, enabling species to endure across seasons, years, and occasionally millennia. When a 2000-year-old extinct date palm seed was discovered, no one expected it to still be alive. But it sprouted a healthy young date palm. That seeds produced millennia ago could still be viable today suggests seeds are capable of extreme lifespans. Yet many seeds, including those crucial to our everyday lives, don't live very long at all. In The Age of Seeds Fiona McMillan-Webster tells the astonishing story of seed longevity, the crucial role they play in our everyday lives, and what that might mean for our future.

Author : Carolyn Fry
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780226224350

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Seeds by Carolyn Fry Pdf

Seeds provide half of the calories consumed by humans today and helped grow human civilization. Just ten crops (rice, maize, wheat, potatoes, etc.) provide 75% of human energy needs. Seeds: A Natural History unearths the evolution of seeds from the time before dinosaurs to how they became our primary source of calories and protein today. Using vivid photos of seeds, which invite readers to appreciate their diversity of form and function, along with a text by an award winning science journalist and writer, Seeds harvests the importance of the nature and productivity of seeds. And to complete the narrative arc, Seeds shows how modern scientific techniques of genetic profiling, seed banking, and plant breeding may be the answer to humanity’s future. Seeds and humans have had a bountiful history and this book captures the scientific, artistic, and economic vitality of these incredible natural packages.