Spring 2024

Una fruta es una maleta para las semillas (A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds)

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Muchas semillas viajan dentro de las frutas. La fruta es como una maleta para las semillas. Las protege durante el viaje.

Los lectores conocerán de qué manera están diseñadas las frutas para proteger a las semillas de una planta y para ayudar a la planta a propagar las semillas en lugares nuevos.

Con una prosa perfecta para la lectura en voz alta y hermosas ilustraciones en acuarela, Una fruta es una maleta para las semillas indaga en el mundo de las semillas, su propósito y cómo crecen, y es perfecto para los niños pequeños. Incluye preguntas y respuestas al final como lectura complementaria y para fomentar el interés.

Many seeds travel inside fruits. The fruit is like a suitcase for the seeds. It protects them on their trip.

Readers will learn how fruits are designed to protect a plant’s seeds and also to help the plant spread its seeds to new places.

With prose perfect for read-alouds and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds delves into the world of seeds, their purpose, and how they grow. Includes questions and answers at the end to further learning and engagement.

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Picture Books, Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, Spanish-Language
Copyright 2024
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language Spanish
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2024-01-02
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF037030, JNF037040, JNF014000
Dewey 581.4/67
Dimensions 7.75 x 10
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, Reviewed, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Author: Jean Richards

Jean Richards is an actress and the author of several children’s books including How the Elephant Got Its Trunk, A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds, and God’s Gift. Jean lives and works in New York.

Illustrator: Anca Hariton

Illustrator Anca Hariton trained in fine arts and architecture in Bucharest, Romania. A veteran elementary school teacher, her work includes Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia, A Fruit Is a Suitcase for a Seed, and Egg Story. She lives in Northern California.

Lerner eSource™ offers free digital teaching and learning resources, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS) teaching guides. These guides, created by classroom teachers, offer short lessons and writing exercises that give students specific instruction and practice using Common Core skills and strategies. Lerner eSource also provides additional resources including online activities, downloadable/printable graphic organizers, and additional educational materials that would also support Common Core instruction. Download, share, pin, print, and save as many of these free resources as you like!

Una fruta es una maleta para las semillas (A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds)

Muchas semillas viajan dentro de las frutas. La fruta es como una maleta para las semillas. Las protege durante el viaje. Los lectores conocerán de qué manera están diseñadas las frutas para proteger a las semillas de una planta y para ayudar a la planta a… View available downloads →

Reviews

School Library Journal

“Children will be drawn in by the engaging narrative and the watercolor illustrations that depict the journey seeds can take before they end up in tummies. The images will have early elementary students wanting to pick the fruit right off the page.”—School Library Journal