Watch a Strawberry Grow

From the Series Watch It Grow

In Watch a Strawberry Grow, early fluent readers learn how strawberries grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this delicious berry is grown and harvested.

An infographic illustrates the life cycle of a strawberry. Children can learn more about how strawberries grow using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Watch a Strawberry Grow also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.

Watch a Strawberry Grow is part of Jump!'s Watch It Grow series.

Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Kindergarten
Category Beginning Readers, STEM
Subject STEM
Copyright 2019
Publisher Jump!
Imprint Bullfrog Books
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2019-01-01
BISACS JNF051060, JNF014000, JNF000000
Dewey 634
Graphics Full-color photographs
Dimensions 7.75 x 7.75
Lexile 290
Guided Reading Level F
ATOS Reading Level 1.0
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 501182
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Glossary of key words, Index, and Table of contents

Reviews

Booklist (Miriam Aronin)

These new books in the Watch It Grow series follows the growth of various kinds of plants, as well any fruit (or acorns) they produce. Each book begins by introducing the final product, whether a fruit or the tree itself. It then asks where the plant comes from and the conditions it needs in order to grow. Only after that does the author trace the plant’s life cycle. In Banana, Chang follows this popular fruit’s growth from bulb to tall plant, a big flower, and the harvest of green fruit. Pineapple reveals that this tropical fruit is cultivated by cutting off and planting a pineapple’s leafy stalk, which then flowers and produces new fruit. Tiny seeds in Strawberry become seedlings that develop runners, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Chang details an acorn’s journey in Oak Tree as it produces a root and then a shoot that grows into a seedling and finally a tree. Simple photos illustrate each step of the process. Some of these photos recur in the life cycle diagram or the photo glossary at the end of the book. The books seem largely intended for classroom use, with reading activity suggestions for parents and teachers in the front matter. Whatever the setting, young readers will likely enjoy learning about where their favorite fruits and trees come from. —Miriam Aronin

Author: Kirsten Chang