Seed Babies

Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style between two brothers and the various seeds they encounter. These seeds offer grammatical advice, chastises poor reasoning, provide enlightening information, and will often encourage the boys to go and discover answers to their questions themselves. In turn, the author lets the reader know that she too hopes that they will plant some seeds and make discoveries of their own. The last few chapters venture into the world of insects, frogs and various other eggs, encouraging children to consider the beginnings of various forms of life. In the end, this short book provides more questions than answers and helps children learn to be inquisitive about nature and to investigate answers to their questions.

By : Margaret Warner Morley (1858 - 1923)

01 - Beans 02 - Sweet Peas 03 - Peanuts 04 - Melons and their Cousins 05 - Nuts 06 - More about Nuts 07 - Cradles 08 - Apple Seeds 09 - Sweet Kittie Clover 10 - A New Kind of Seed 11 - Bumble-Bees 12 - Frogs 13 - Other Eggs 14 - Birds' Eggs