Seed-Babies

Margaret Warner Morley (1858 - 1923)

Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style between two brothers and the various seeds they encounter. These seeds offer grammatical advice, chastises poor reasoning, provide enlightening information, and will often encourage the boys to go and discover answers to their questions themselves. In turn, the author lets the reader know that she too hopes that they will plant some seeds and make discoveries of their own. The last few chapters venture into the world of insects, frogs and various other eggs, encouraging children to consider the beginnings of various forms of life. In the end, this short book provides more questions than answers and helps children learn to be inquisitive about nature and to investigate answers to their questions. - Summary by SweetHome

Genre(s): Science

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Beans SweetHome
00:14:38
Play 02 Sweet Peas SweetHome
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Play 03 Peanuts SweetHome
00:02:56
Play 04 Melons and their Cousins SweetHome
00:06:31
Play 05 Nuts SweetHome
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Play 06 More about Nuts SweetHome
00:04:50
Play 07 Cradles SweetHome
00:08:28
Play 08 Apple Seeds SweetHome
00:05:00
Play 09 Sweet Kittie Clover SweetHome
00:04:40
Play 10 A New Kind of Seed SweetHome
00:03:55
Play 11 Bumble-Bees SweetHome
00:05:20
Play 12 Frogs SweetHome
00:06:08
Play 13 Other Eggs SweetHome
00:03:40
Play 14 Birds' Eggs SweetHome
00:04:20