It is important that students, today, understand the natural world.  They will inherit and care for it in the future.   If they understand how it works, and appreciate what it provides for us, they will feel more inclined to protect it.  Seed Soil Sun gives an amazing overview of the cycle of growth and the ingredients for earth’s recipe for food…seed, soil, sun, rain, and air.  Each ingredient in the recipe is clearly explained.  Using the corn plant as an example, the author describes germination and growth of the seed into the giant plant.  The makeup of soil is explained…”Each handful of soil contains more living things than all the human beings on Earth.  Microscopic one-celled bacteria that munch away on dead leaves and insects in the soil are so minute that it would take a thousand of them lined up in a row to reach across the head of a pin.”  (Photo of a pin with a head shares that page.)  Exquisite photographs of multicultural kids in a farm setting or close up photos of compost, worms, sprouts, etc., provide emphasis for the well written, easy to comprehend text.  If you could only have one book on this subject, this is the one!