National Geographic Kids Little Kids First Board Book Seed, Sprout, Grow!

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A prize pumpkin grows from a single seed in this charming board book that introduces babies and toddlers to the life cycle of plants.

Bursting with vivid photos and featuring super-simple facts, this charming board book explores how plants grow and what they need to live. Little readers follow the journey from seed to sprout to vine to flower to a big, beautiful pumpkin ready to be picked! 

Designed to be the stepping stone to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, the Little Kids First Board Books take similar subjects and distill them to the simplest nonfiction concepts, taking a fresh new approach to excite a baby’s sense of wonder and make learning about nature and science fun.
RUTH A. MUSGRAVE is an award-winning children's author and animal science expert with a B.S. in education. She is a writer for National Geographic Little Kids magazine and National Geographic Little Kids Look & Learn book series, whose credits include Look Up, Peek-a-boo, Big Cats, and Look Outside. Musgrave shares her fascination with animals with students of all ages by teaching, writing, and developing curricula. View titles by Ruth A. Musgrave
National Geographic Kids believes in the awesome power of science, exploration, and storytelling, and our children’s books bring the best of this incredible world directly to readers' hands. Fun, colorful, and jam-packed with cool info, Nat Geo Kids books are also fact-checked, expert-reviewed, and 100 percent human-made—and from the only kids’ brand with roots in a world-class scientific organization. From leveled readers to photo-rich almanacs and from baby animals to dangerous dinosaurs, Nat Geo Kids has a book that will spark curiosity and ignite wonder in every young explorer! View titles by National Geographic Kids
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A prize pumpkin grows from a single seed in this charming board book that introduces babies and toddlers to the life cycle of plants.

Bursting with vivid photos and featuring super-simple facts, this charming board book explores how plants grow and what they need to live. Little readers follow the journey from seed to sprout to vine to flower to a big, beautiful pumpkin ready to be picked! 

Designed to be the stepping stone to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, the Little Kids First Board Books take similar subjects and distill them to the simplest nonfiction concepts, taking a fresh new approach to excite a baby’s sense of wonder and make learning about nature and science fun.

Author

RUTH A. MUSGRAVE is an award-winning children's author and animal science expert with a B.S. in education. She is a writer for National Geographic Little Kids magazine and National Geographic Little Kids Look & Learn book series, whose credits include Look Up, Peek-a-boo, Big Cats, and Look Outside. Musgrave shares her fascination with animals with students of all ages by teaching, writing, and developing curricula. View titles by Ruth A. Musgrave
National Geographic Kids believes in the awesome power of science, exploration, and storytelling, and our children’s books bring the best of this incredible world directly to readers' hands. Fun, colorful, and jam-packed with cool info, Nat Geo Kids books are also fact-checked, expert-reviewed, and 100 percent human-made—and from the only kids’ brand with roots in a world-class scientific organization. From leveled readers to photo-rich almanacs and from baby animals to dangerous dinosaurs, Nat Geo Kids has a book that will spark curiosity and ignite wonder in every young explorer! View titles by National Geographic Kids

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