From Seed to Pumpkin: A Fall Book for Kids (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

Read and find out about how pumpkins grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

This is a clear and appealing environmental science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Plus it includes includes a find out more section with activities such as an experiment to show how plants use roots to drink water from the ground and a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds.

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

* hands-on and visual
* acclaimed and trusted
* great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

* Entertain and educate at the same time
* Have appealing, child-centered topics
* Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
* Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
* Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
* Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
* Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
* Meet national science education standards
* Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
* Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.