One Watermelon Seed - Hardcover

Lottridge, Celia Barker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1554550343 ISBN 13: 9781554550340

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Max and Josephine plant one watermelon seed, two pumpkins, three eggplants, four peppers, five tomatoes, six blueberry bushes, seven strawberry plants, eight beans, nine potatoes, and ten corn seeds in their garden.

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Review:

Praise from School Library Journal: Numbers, colors, and gardening are combined in this vividly illustrated counting book. The story starts as Max and Josephine plant a garden, first 1 watermelon seed, then 2 pumpkin seeds, and so on all the way to 10. The phrase, "and they grew" follows mention of each new set of seeds. The graphic-style illustrations depict the seedlings as they grow, with an occasional gardening glove, tool, watering can, or young hand inserted into the scenes. After a center spread with colorful plants filling the pages to capacity and Max and Josephine busy at work, it's time for the harvest.The fruits and vegetables are so plentiful that they must be counted in tens: "ten watermelons, big and green, and twenty pumpkins, glowing orange." The vibrant colors and close-up views of the produce make it look delicious and irresistible. Later, on a cold winter night, the children turn "one hundred ears of corn" into "100s and 1000s of big, white crunchy puffs" of popcorn. Throughout the book, the text runs along the bottom of the double-paged illustrations, with the numerals, in bright colors, lining up beneath. This appealing book is great for classroom counting and discussions of seasons.""

About the Author:

Celia Barker Lottridge is a storyteller and a multi-award winning author of picture books and novels for children, including The Name of the Tree, Ticket to Curlew, Wings to Fly, and The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button.

Karen Patkau's honors include the Ezra Jack Keats Memorial Medal, the International Graphic Design Award, and a Resource Links “Best of the Year”

About this edition

• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1554550343
• ISBN 13: 9781554550340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 29
• Illustrator: Patkau Karen