Elinor and her friends become plant detectives in this Elinor Wonders
Why picture book for young children.
Elinor and Olive check on their class plants before they leave school
for the weekend. The plants have sprouted since they were planted as
seeds. Now they're one crayon tall! The friends are pleased with their
progress. But when Elinor and Olive get back to school on Monday, they
discover that one of the plants has grown in a zigzag - up, then to the
side, then up again. Their teacher, Ms. Mole, told them most plants only
grow up, toward the sun. So, what could have happened to this one?
Young children will have their curiosity piqued and their science
knowledge expanded in this Elinor Wonders Why picture book, based on
the Daytime Emmy-nominated PBS KIDS series of the same name created by
Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson. By asking questions, making observations
and drawing conclusions, lovable characters Elinor, Olive and Ari figure
out that the pot was knocked over just before the weekend, so the plant
had to change direction to keep growing up - mystery solved! Extra plant
facts, a key vocabulary word and a simple activity in the back matter
broaden the content. This entertaining read doubles as a resource for
early life science explorations of growth and changes in plants, the
needs of living things and the characteristics of living things.
