Make an Acorn
A complete demonstration by children’s author and illustrator Barbara Reid of the creation of a white oak leaf and acorn, based on her book Watch It Grow: Backyard Life Cycles, published by Scholastic Canada.
Watch It Grow
Written & Illustrated by Barbara Reid. Scholastic Canada
Readers young and old will enjoy this introduction to the marvels of the natural world: watching a tadpole hatch from an egg, a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, an acorn become a mighty oak and a glorious sunflower grow from a tiny seed!
Barbara Reid’s love of the outside was celebrated in her acclaimed picture books Picture a Tree and Picture the Sky, and in Watch It Grow, she blends simple text with her signature Plasticine illustrations to awaken curiosity and encourage learning.
The book includes graphic illustrations of the four backyard life cycles of these familiar North American plants and animals.
*****/5 Highly recommended. Barbara Reid has worked her magic again. Young and old will once more fall in love with the world she creates with her plasticine art.
I know teachers and parents will want to have this book in their library for the teaching of life cycles, which Watch It Grow: Backyard Life Cycles will do flawlessly, but don’t ignore the artistry of its illustrations. Young readers will certainly be enamoured with Barbara Reid’s art and this will only cultivate further learning.
The perfect book to awaken and inspire the curious biologist in each of us!
— Canadian Children’s Book News – starred review
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Age and curriculum suggestions
All ages
Lifecycles, environment, nature, art, monarch butterfly, oak tree, sunflower, frog
Videos
Time Lapse Acorn
A time lapse creation of a plasticine white oak leaf and acorn.
CBC Kids Book Club – Watch It Grow
Barbara shows Gary the Unicorn just how things grow with her book Watch It Grow: Backyard Life Cycles!