The+Tiny+Seed

=The Tiny Seed = =By Eric Carle =

__**Author's Bio**__
====Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, and moved to Germany when he was six years old. He graduated from a prestigious art school, but then decided to return back to the United Stated in 1952. He has two children; a son and daughter, and a wife, Barbara. Eric is best know for his work "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" but his books are published in many countries and in many different languages. He has illustrated more than 27 books, and many of them are best sellers. His artwork is created in collage technique using hand painted papers, which he cutes and layers to form bright and cheerful images.====

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__**Summary**__
====The book begins in the Fall with the wind blowing and picking up seeds. Some seeds are bigger than others and all travel different journeys landing in various places, some better than others. When the wind stops, the seeds stop moving, but a bird comes and eats one. Next, the Winter comes so the seeds begin to settle and the snow cover them like a blanket until the Spring sunshine and rain melts it away. The seeds begin to transform into plants and the warm weather brings out children to play. A boy picks a flower and gives it to a girl, allowing a smaller seed to grow into a taller plant. This started off as a tiny seed and was now a giant flower. The winds begin to pick up again and the seeds begins to travel, this signals the beginning of Fall.==== media type="youtube" key="cqE3Kcc8Zgg" height="315" width="560"

__**Review**__
====Not only did I enjoy this book because of how well written it was, but I also love Eric Carle and all of his work. Overall, the story was a little long and dragged on a little especially when the seeds were traveling in the beginning but you can connect this book with many concepts such as science and math. The book is filled with very colorful pictures and some rich vocabulary. It is a magnificent book on the life cycle of a seed and teaches students how a seed grows and show the students steps of the plants growth until it is a full-grown plant. The book also discusses the different seasons of the year so the class can discuss how different seasons affect the growth of plants. I believe allowing students to plant their own seeds and watching them grow after reading this book can become a great classroom experiment, as they can record the data and discuss the results. The great thing about this book and all of Eric Carle's book's in general are that they all have some theme to nature which all children seem to love at this age, and his illustrations are so eye catching that you instantly want to pick up his books when you see them.====

__**Anaylsis**__
====The illustrations throughout the book may be somewhat abstract but they are so vivid and colorful they help the reader imagine the journey of the tiny seed. Carle uses a very unique technique when illustrating his books, where he creates somewhat of a collage first painting over colored tissue paper with different sized paint brushes, then cutting them out into different shapes and figures to form his scenes and characters. Certain parts throughout the story Carle exaggerates illustrations to make sure the reader understands the concept he is trying to say. For example, when the tiny seed finally is able to grow, it grows into a giant flower, but to emphasize its size Carle puts a house and people in the picture along with it. On the next page the flower is up to the sun. Although these images are all unrealistic, they are all to get the reader to fully understand the message.====