A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds by Jean Richards
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0822559919 ISBN-13:   9780822559917 Publisher:   Lerner Publishing Group; First Avenue Editions Edition:   illustrated Category:   2012 USDA Approved NE Materials, Agriculture, Picture Story Bks, Nutrition Pub. Date:   April 2010 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Paper Ages:   4 to 8
Awards
2003  Gourmand World Cookbook Awards  Winner!
Subjects
FRUIT_JUVENILE LITERATURE SEEDS_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
CA 2012 USDA Approved NE Materials HOTM (Kiwifruit) Richards's carefully worded information provides an excellent introduction to seeds, their purpose, and growth that should be easy for young children to grasp. On each page, one or two short lines of text appear beneath a large painting. Hariton's use of bright watercolors adds sensual appeal to her illustrations of various fruits, vegetables, animals, and habitats. This cleverly presented book can be used as a read-aloud discussion starter, as a prelude to planting seeds and observing their growth, or in preparation for dissecting fruits and vegetables in order to find the seeds inside. Two final pages in question-and-answer format offer more tidbits of information about seeds.