The Tiny Seed: Miniature Edition

by Eric Carle

Book Overview

Eric Carle's classic story of the life cycle of a flower is told through the adventures of a tiny seed. Everyone will cheer for the seed's progress as it floats across the sky, nestles in the ground, and finally grows into the giant flower it was always meant to be. This classic story is now available in a book and CD package!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088708155X
• ISBN13: 9780887081552
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 5.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Such a strong message

Love Eric Carle's books, such a wonderful way to teach children to love themselves as they are

Great book. Missing pages

Read the book using YouTube first then purchased the book for a browsing box. Missing two pages that non readers noticed bc the pictures didn’t match.

Juneau 2nd grader

Did you know that the tallest sunflower in the world is 25 feet tall? Well,now you know. This book, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle, might give you an idea how that happened. This book may also give your girl or boy a message, that if you're strong you can do almost everything.

Dust in the wind.

A treat for both child and adult nighttime-tucker-in-person. The edition in our home came with seed packets and plastic trowel for hands on gardening by my own "Tiny Seed" when she was 5. Bloom where you're planted...and hope for kind soil.--Laurel825

The Tiny Seed

This is a very good book. I think that this is a very inspiring story to people who might think they are too small and won't amount to anything. This is not true in this case, it just takes a little longer to develop. The others develop quckly, and they end up ending quickly to. When he keeps going on, and never really gives up. He sure thinks about giving up a lot but never really does. In the end it will work out better for the person who has to try hard to get through everything, something bad is bound to happen to you. When you tr and never give up, you will succeed. You will become bigger and better than anyone who got an east way through life. Because you had to go through so much on your journey, when everyone else had it easy,when they have to strugge to get through things, you will get to sit back and relax. And this story demonstrates that just because you are small you can't grow bigger or can't do things. ...

nice illistrations and very informal

The tiny seed is about a small seed who starts with other seeds on a journey from a flower to it's very own spot. The story tells of how the seed moves and why it can't land in different places. The story also tells about the other plants by it and how it is so small and can't be seen therfore it will not be killed by different things,animals,people,and so forth. Now the tiny seed stands taller than trees it is finally bigger than the rest and get some recognition. This book finds ways to make learning fun.

The Tiny Seed

This book is a wonderful story about the life cycle of a seed. I used this book in my unit on plants for my 2nd grade class. It is a wonderful tool for a lesson on the beginning of a plant's life. Your students will love looking at the wonderful illustrations that reinforce the story. I highly recommend this piece of quality literature and all of Eric Carle's books for your child or classroom.