I promise, after this book review I’ll take a break from Cris Peterson for a while. It’s just not all that easy to find good, accurate books about agriculture out there, and Cris has a great line of them!

Seed, Soil, Sun has been one of the American Farm Bureau Foundation’s books of the year. It talks about how plants need seeds, soil (and everything that lives in the soil), and the sun to grow and become food for people and animals.

Cris uses corn as her main example throughout the book, but also talks about other kinds of fruits and vegetables.

She talks about how the plant begins to grow from the seed, but it needs nutrients from the soil to keep growing. There are lots of living things in the soil, and all of these work together to help plants grow.

And, of course, once the new plant reaches above the soil, it needs the help of the sun to make energy so it can grow and become food!

Cris gives a few examples of some of the different leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and roots that we eat. I wish this part was expanded a little bit, but it is something that parents can talk with their kids about as they read the book together.

Seed, Soil, Sun is suitable for ages 5 and up. I really enjoyed this book. It goes through the basics of the plant cycle from planting a seed through harvesting the food, and back to planting the seed again.

Let me know what you think!

{All photos were taken of the book Seed, Soil, Sun. Affiliate links were used in this post.}