Harvest Time

This is an early reader book with short statement sentences in a large font. While the content is minimal, this would be a very good book for a teacher to begin teaching reading for content. The content and pictures could be used to begin to teach about the life cycle and seasons in science. What is particularly nice about this book is that the photographs and text depict how the fruit, vegetables, or grain are grown, show the plant as either growing or ripe, and describe the harvest process. The strawberry section has an adorable picture of a small boy peeking under the leaves of the strawberry plant, searching for the ripe berry. The photographs enhance the text and depict modern agriculture, including apples being picked from dwarf trees.