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A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
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"Dandelions thrive on all seven continents. The blooms are among the most resilient and adaptable in the world. Learn how the crafty plant travels on the wind and hitches rides in all manner of ways in order to spread far and wide. Includes a map and backmatter on dandelions"--
13) La semillita
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En otoño, un viento fuerte arranca las semillas de las flores, las levanta alto en el aire y las lleva a tierras distantes. Una a una, las semillas quedan en el camino: al ser quemadas por el sol, al caer en el océano, al ser comidas por los pájaros. Pero algunas subsisten al largo invierno y, al llegar la primavera, se convierten en plantas que, a su vez, tienen que enfrentar nuevos peligros: ser aplastadas por niños que juegan, ser arrancadas...
14) Seeds travel
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Briefly describes some of the different ways various kinds of seeds are carried from place to place to find good places to grow.
15) Plants
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How long can it take a plant seed to sprout? What do plants use to make their food? Young readers will discover these facts and more in Plants, an Exploring Life Cycles book.
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How do plants make new plants? They make seeds! And they want to make sure their seeds reach places with good growing conditions. In this engaging book, readers will learn all about seeds. They'll discover how seeds form, why they need to spread away from the parent plant, and the many clever ways plants have developed to spread their seeds.
19) How seeds travel
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Describes how seeds are moved from place to place by wind, water, and animals, and how they function in plant reproduction.