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The earlier sunrises and tulips and daffodils peeking through the soil, makes me think of spring. Thinking of spring makes me thing of seeds.  And what better book to feature than Flip, Float, Fly Seeds on the Move by Joann Early Macken and illustrated by Pam Paparone.

Do you wonder about seeds?  How they move about the world?  Like last spring, there was a single yellow tulip in my garden bed. A tulip that I did not plant.  How did it get there?

Macken’s book explores the many ways seeds are transported in this world.  Some seeds fly on the wind, others cling to some one’s socks, and some are carried by water.  The text is poetic:

“A wild oat sees curls up in the sun like a comma.  The seed straightens out when it rains. Wiggle! Jump! One way, then the other.  It works its way into the ground.”

Macken uses onomatopoeia that fully illustrates how the seeds move.

Paprone’s illustrations show the bigger picture with circular insets depicting a close-up of the seeds. The acrylic paintings are a great complement to the text.

Flip, Float, Fly Seeds on the Move is an excellent choice for the budding young gardeners and botanists.

Title: Flip, Float, Fly Seeds on the Move
Author: Joann Early Macken
Date Published: 2008
Pages: unpaged
Grade: K-5
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-2043-8
Source of Book: Publisher sent for CYBILS consideration.

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By the way, I am listening to the ALA Book awards just heard that several books I have reviewed were honor selections: A River of Words(Caldecott Honor), Wolf Snail (Geisel Honor), What to Do About Alice, March On (I think this was a video award).  Yay!

Happy Reading. 

MsMac