I never thought about some of the ways that animals help plants move seeds. Even though “Animals Help Plants” was intended for children, I still learned a lot from it as an adult! It’s a great book.

This is a lovely easy-reader book for young children. Brightly coloured photos show seeds, like a dandelion clock, floating coconut or acorn. We see that animals carry seeds around, in various ways. Animals also help pollinate flowers. Sometimes animals even plant seeds.

The last couple of pages give advice to the person teaching the child to read and understand the contents. A couple of online aids are suggested. The book has 17 pages.
Nature loving starts early and I am all in favour of helping kids understand the world around them and the cycle of life. The only addition I would make is that I would suggest the child plant sunflower seeds in a yoghurt carton and watch them sprout.

I downloaded an e-ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.

Animals Help Plants, by Mary Lindeen is an informative book that provides a fun way for children to learn about various animals.

As a part of the Read and Discover Science series, this book encourages children to learn about scientific subjects while working on their reading skills. According to a note from the publisher: "The series can be used with beginning readers to practice high-frequency words, academic language, and to expand comprehension of life, earth, and physical science."

Within thirty-two pages, there are interesting science facts and Did You Know sidebars intermixed with intriguing full-color photographs. Also, there are sections titled as Connecting Concepts and Word List.

Animals Help Plants is a children's non-fiction picture book that's geared toward kindergartners to third graders.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I was impressed with this book. While the wording is simple enough, the concepts are well thought out. It could be used with preschool age (perhaps age 4 and up) through first grade.
The images are beautiful and bright.

This book will lead to discussion about different ways plants get pollunated and seeds get planted.
I would use it with daycare or afterschool programs or perhaps in a religious classroom setting or vacation school.

It is also interesting to the adults who would be reading it over and over.

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I liked the way this book presents new vocabulary to children and how the scientific concepts are presented in an easy way..

Highly recommend for early readers. Great start for more difficult material! Good for most elementary grade students.

This book is great for introducing the relationship between plants and animals to young children. It explains scientific ideas in a clear and easy to understand way. I will definitely consider using this title during science lessons in the classroom for children who are particularly interested in how animals help plants to grow.

Animals Help Plants is part of the Life Sciences series for young readers by Mary Lindeen. Full of beautiful pictures, this installment talks about seeds, and the many ways animals help with pollination processes. Like the others in the series, this one has simple, easy to read sentences, and provides grounding in basic scientific concepts in ways young readers can grasp. The end of the book features a Connecting Concepts section with questions to ask about the reading, and practise with vocabulary and reading fluency. My cubs and I enjoyed reading this book.


Earth Science: Landforms by Mary Lindeen/ Quickshot https://wp.me/p6C2DX-1Dm
Earth Sciences: Water by Mary Lindeen/ Quickshots https://wp.me/p6C2DX-1oA
Life Sciences: Animal Mothers and Fathers by Mary Lindeen/ Quickshots https://wp.me/p6C2DX-1CK

***Many thanks to Netgalley, and Norwood House Press for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.