Here at last is a science book which children can actually read to themselves and by themselves.

Benny wanted to know. Would a stone grow? Would a marble grow? Would a seed? He planted each of them, but the tiny green plant came only from the pot which held the seed. This was the beginning. Benny planted many different seeds—seeds from the kitchen cupboard, seeds from a lemon, and seeds he found outdoors. And each of them grew.

As Benny learns more and more about seeds, so will the young reader. And when Benny's bean plant, grown from a seed, bears seeds itself, the reader will be as triumphant as Benny. Tomi Ungerer's scientifically beguiling pictures add much to a book which children will want to read again and again.

From the dust jacket