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A ripe tomato is red. These tomatoes are ready to be picked."
From seed to fruit and back again, this captivating book offers children close-up glimpses of a fruit that masquerades as a vegetable!
Child-friendly facts share the pages with thorough photo documentation of the tomato's entire life cycle.
Simple, fact-based text offers vocabulary for what the child will see at each life cycle stage. Life cycle diagram, picture glossary, and index. By Robin Nelson. Paperback, 24 pages. Ages 4 - 7.
This First Step Nonfiction Life Cycles series also includes:
Strawberries (SC652),
Worms (SC223),
Sunflowers (SC142),
Dandelions (SC143),
Apple Trees (SC650), and
Pumpkins (SC139).
