Follow a tiny sunflower seed on its amazing life cycle, germinating from a seed, becoming a sunflower and shedding its own seeds. Meet some charming characters on the way including an inquisitive ladybird and snail who encourage young readers to explore this key science subject beyond the simple and accessible text.

A great resource for young children learning about life cycles at KS1.

This book features in the following series: Bees Series, Little Bees .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Saviour Pirotta has written a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts and won awards both here and in the US.