Sunflower Seeds

Watch Nature Bloom with Sunflower Seeds!

How do tiny seeds become towering sunflowers? Join Ms. B’s class and discover the magic of nature in Sunflower Seeds. This picture book guides young readers through the simple steps of planting, watering, and caring for sunflowers, teaching valuable lessons about patience and nurturing along the way.

Ellen Heck’s sumptuous oil paintings on brown paper beautifully illustrate the sunflower’s life cycle from a child’s perspective. Witness the journey from dusty seeds in cups to sprouting seedlings, developing buds, and finally, magnificent blooms. Will the seedlings survive a rainstorm? Or hungry deer at dusk?

Learn how one giant sunflower produces a multitude of new seeds at summer’s end. This engaging story is a perfect introduction to plant life cycles and an inspiration for nature projects at home or in the classroom. Experience the joy of growth and connect with the natural world!

Ellen Heck is a printmaker. For the past decade, through several print projects, she has explored questions about identity--its creation, variability, persistence and change. She studied philosophy at Brown University and art at SAIC. Inspired by reading Lithuanian alphabet books to her son, A Is for Bee is her debut picture book.