sunflowers

A simple introduction to how a sunflower grows from seed to flowering plant.

Introduces the parts, pollination, life cycle, and farming of sunflowers.

Provides brief information about the various parts of the sunflower plant, as well as varieties, pests, diseases, and economic uses.

A small girl finds a seed and, with help from her friends, plants it, waters it, and watches as it grows into a beautiful sunflower.

Large illustrations and simple text present the life cycle of a sunflower from seed to flower.

The seeds scattered by a mother and her child as they walk through the park on a cold winter day feed a pair of cardinals and grow into a plant that feeds their babies the next summer.

Photographs and text describe what happens when a farmer decides to plant a field of sunflowers, following the process from the plowing of the field, to the blooming of the flowers, to the scattering of the seeds left behind after the blooms have died.

Simon gets three sunflower plants from his bird-loving neighbor Mrs. Potter, only to have them disappear one by one.

A young girl plants a sunflower seed, waters it, and watches it grow.

Text and photographs chronicle the growth of a sunflower seed into a tall, stately flower.