Beansprout
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
What happens when you do everything right, but it doesn’t work out? When classmates start having success with their seeds, one student's just won't sprout.
A picture book about planting and growing, where grown-ups and kids can talk about disappointment, emotions, and second chances.
It's seed-planting time in Ms. Greene's classroom! One of the kids has big predictions for their mystery seed and does everything just so to make sure it grows. But as all the other seeds start to sprout, theirs . . . doesn't.
So they proclaim they'll never try to grow another seed again! But when they learn the leftover seeds will be thrown out, they start to think about second chances and enlists their classmates to help plant a beautiful garden for all to enjoy.
A fantastic social-emotional learning book that'll inspire conversations about handling disappointment and one's emotions, while leaving readers with an encouraging and hopeful ending.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Narrated by a grade school student, this story by Reul starts at the moment a teacher pours out a bag of 100 mixed seeds—"teeny-tiny dots, long thin sticks," and many more. Before planting, the children draw their seeds and come up with a hypothesis about what each will yield. Covering many sheets of paper, the narrator hypothesizes that their seed will grow luxuriously. But while the other pupils' seeds grow, the narrator's bean doesn't sprout, though they believe "I DID EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT!" Then they notice the rest of the unplanted seeds and pivot to a group project. Cut-out paper figures, portrayed with various abilities and skin tones, are placed against brightly colored backgrounds that give the pages a handmade, childlike feel in a story whose narrative pivot leaves room for readers to make hypotheses of their own. Ages 4–7.
