Books with title Its a Sunflower!

How does one describe a life of love, faith, commitment, and perseverance? This is a story of all of those things and so much more. It is meant for children to learn about caring. It is meant for the adults of the world to find hope and purpose to the challenges faced along life's paths. Readers will find their own meaning to this simple tale about a relationship between a sunflower and her caretaker. "As the sunflower turns to her God when she sets, the same look that she turned when he rose." ~ Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms by Thomas Moore

A tall plant with a huge yellow flower grows in a field. It was once a small seed. So how did it get so big? Beginning readers will discover how a seed turns into a sunflower in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The clear text, fresh design, and colorful, eye-catching photos are sure to capture the interest of emergent readers.

A Sunflower Story relates both the beauty and importance of nature in a lovely picturebook that young children can understand and enjoy. A lively group of garden flowers and animals help convince a proud sunflower that having a purpose is just as important as being incredibly attractive. In addition to writing a wonderful story, author Mary Denning, an award-winning poet and acclaimed painter, uses brilliant watercolor illustrations that will delight children of all ages. Children will love the colorful characters on Mr. McKenna's Farm as they also learn about all of the things flowers can do, and how everything has a special purpose.

Here lie the things I’ve lived and written about. Things I’ve shouted from the rooftops as an act of pure joy and ecstasy and things I had to rescue from dustbins and tape back together because they once hurt too much I couldn’t handle seeing laying on my desk. Here lay 2 years of constant change and growing up.What lays in these pages is as yours as it is mine. This is the safe space where our souls meet. Feel free to rip off their pages if it hurts or makes you mad. Read it from beginning to end or read each chapter depending on what you need. My journey ended when this reached your hands, now it's all yours.This is a compilation of train journeys, sunsets, sea waves and midnight breakdowns.Here lies my soul.

A toddler puts a seed into the ground. It grows into a big, beautiful sunflower! By summer’s end, the flower dies. He cries and cries. Why did it die?Then he discovers that the sunflower left him a present ~ many, many seeds. He, and his animal friends, happily eat them up. All but one…And that, he puts in the ground. The up-beat vibe of the SUNFLOWER song sends a positive message about loss. Life goes on!

Sunflower, a Native American girl of ten summers survives the loss of family and the destruction of her village by bandits in 1810. She and her injured grandmother are rescued by soldiers and taken to Fort Joseph where they are plunged into the white culture, an environment often strange, frequently confusing and sometimes hostile. This multi-faceted novel for young adults shows friendships, injustices and bravery. Diane DesRochers transports us to a place of rugged terrain as you trek through the Appalachian Mountains and into Canada where Sunflower overcomes many obstacles and hardships. In the end, Sunflower emerges a confident young woman who is able to share her triumphs, knowledge and skills.