One Watermelon Seed
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1997
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773759442
- Publish Date
- Sep 1997
- List Price
- $7.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554552221
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $12.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554558322
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
First published in 1986 and a staple ever since for parents of preschool children and teachers of primary grades, One Watermelon Seed is presented in a new edition with a bold new cover and interior art.
In this deceptively simple counting book, Max and Josephine tend their garden while readers follow along, counting from one to ten as the garden is planted. Then readers can count in groups of tens as the garden is harvested, while they search through the pictures for the many small animals that are hiding throughout. A concise and clever text introduces color and rhythm, and the illustrations are bright and engaging, making this a perfect counting book for children aged four to seven.
About the author
Celia Barker Lottridge is a writer and storyteller who has written several highly acclaimed children's books, including Ticket to Curlew (winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Historical Fiction Award), Berta: A Remarkable Dog (nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award, Horn Book starred review) and Stories from the Life of Jesus (Publishers Weekly starred review). She wrote Home Is Beyond the Mountains after hearing her mother's stories about growing up in Persia and after reading letter's written by Celia's aunt, Susan Shedd. Born in Iowa and raised in the United States, Celia now lives in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
"One Watermelon Seed offers countless (pun intended!) early learning opportunities and is a valuable resource for all school and public library collections.
Highly Recommended"
-- CM Magazine
