Examines the features, habitat, and life cycle of a sunflower.

This is the story of one of the world's most iconic images. Leading British specialist on Van Gogh, Martin Bailey explains how and why Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower still lifes in Provence. He then explores the subsequent adventures of the seven pictures and their impact on artists including Gustav Klimt and Henri Matisse. Based on original research, the book presents a fresh view of this most legendary artist.

"Nothing says summer like an open sunflower turned toward the sun. These familiar flowers are a great example of how flowering plants grow from seeds with some soil, space, sun, and water. Readers follow this plant's growth both in text and with closely correlated photographs, including images of the sunflower sprouting, gaining leaves, budding, and opening to the lovely, friendly flowers we know. Age-appropriate detail and vocabulary support readers...

Text and photographs follow the life cycle of a sunflower, from the time that Samantha plants a seed in her garden to the maturity of the sunflower and the harvest of its own seeds.

A simple introduction to how a sunflower grows from seed to flowering plant.

A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.

A cumulative verse describing how a sunflower in a garden blossoms and, with the help of the birds, spreads its seeds to create an entire patch of sunflowers.

A child reflects on how a small, striped gray seed eventually becomes a strong, beautiful sunflower.