Martha E. H. Rustad - Plants in Spring

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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Rustad, Martha E. H. ( Martha Elizabeth Hillman), 1975-
Plants in spring / by Martha E. H. Rustad.

p. cm. ( Pebbles plus. All about spring)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978- 1- 4296- 8656- ( library binding)
ISBN 978- 1- 4296- 9362- ( paperback)
ISBN 978- 1- 62065- 288- ( ebook PDF)
ISBN 978-1-5435-9636-6 (eBook)
Plants Juvenile literature. Botany Juvenile literature. Spring Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QK49. R86 2013
dc23
2012000292
Editorial Credits
Shelly Lyons, editor; Bobbie Nuytten, designer; Svetlana Zhurkin, photo researcher: Kathy McColley,
production specialist
Photo Credits
Dreamstime: Hansenn, ,
Witold Krasowski, ,
Konkolas, ,
Zubada ( leaf pattern),

Note to Parents and Teachers
The All about Spring series supports national science and social studies standards related to
changes during the seasons. This book describes and illustrates plants in spring. The images
support early readers in understanding the text. The repetition of words and phrases helps early
readers learn new words. This book also introduces early readers to subject- specific vocabulary
words, which are defined in the Glossary section. Early readers may need assistance to read
some words and to use the Table of Contents, Glossary, Read More, Internet Sites, and Index
sections of the book.

Table of Contents

New Season
Its spring.

We plant and wait
for sunlight and rain.

Spring rain makes
the ground wet.

Plant suck up water
from the soil.

roots

Soon poke
through the soil.

From Sunlight
to Food
Daylight lasts longer
in spring.

Leaves take in the sunlight.

Plants make their own food
with sunlight, water, air,
and .

From Flowers
to Fruit
Bees like bright flowers.

Bees gather
from the flowers.

from flowers sticks
to bees.

Bees carry the pollen
from flower to flower.

pollen

Soon flowers make .

New seeds grow
inside the fruits.

Spring is a season
for planting and growing.

What plants do you see
in spring?

Glossary
to flower
the fleshy, juicy part of a plant that
contains seeds and usually can be eaten
a sweet liquid that some insects collect
from flowers and eat as food
a substance needed by a living thing
to stay healthy
tiny, yellow grains in flowers; some
insects eat pollen
the part of a plant that grows
underground; roots bring water into plants
the part of a plant from which a new
plant can grow
a plant that is just beginning to grow
the part of a plant from which leaves
and flowers grow

Read More Anderson, Sheila M. Spring. Seasons. Minneapolis:
Lerner Publications, 2010.

Ghigna, Charles. I See Spring. I See. Mankato,
Minn.: Picture Window Books, 2012.
Sohn, Emily, and Erin Ash Sullivan. New Plants:
Seeds in the Soil Patch. iScience Reader. Chicago:
Norwood House Press, 2012.

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