This story brought back some childhood memories. I remember sticking toothpicks in an avocado and setting it in a cup of water to get it to sprout as a child. This is a great story that can lead into this activity for preschoolers. The Illustrations were simple but cute! I think my preschoolers would really enjoy this story along with starting our own Sprout experiment! Thank you Owl Kids and NetGalley for this Advanced copy in exchange for my honest review, my opinions are my own.

Love the contrast between 1-2-3 (which we think of as happening quickly) and all the waiting necessary in this book.This is a counting book that never goes higher than three. It uses number words but never the numerals.But, we have lots of good examples of 1-2-3 with correspondence and at least one other where we're showing passage of time (so 1 year and a picture of a tree after 1 year, 2 years and a picture of a tree after 2 years, and 3 years and a picture of the tree then).Would tie well wit...

Nurturing an avocado pit.

What is patience? It is the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed. It is the exercise of restraint in trying situations. It is a virtue, which enables the individual to proceed towards a worthy goal. A young boy scoops up a popped avocado seed that escapes as dinner is being prepared and decides to try his gardening skills on the large seed. He pokes the seed with toothpicks to support it as he balances it on to...

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This book has adorable pictures. It explains well about waiting for plants to grow. Good for teaching young ones about counting and patience.

A cute picture book about a child who works with an avocado seed from seed to plant. Easy words to read, with some repetition.

This book is charm-personified. Easy-to-read and understand, with to-the-point pictures and text and a spot-on message. I also liked the fact that it showed an entire spectrum of habit, hard work, patience, despair and all results of various stages of growth, from seed to a three-year old plant. The colors and natural (uncluttered) environment is pleasing to the eyes. The process of germination, roots, plantation from glass to pot to garden is accurate and neat i.e. uncomplicated / uncluttered w...

A kid tries to sprout an avocado seed. Lots of play with the number three and counting to three ("One glass of water, two careful hands, three pointy toothpicks"). Cute for kids who might be interested in growing things

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Apparently, it's as easy as one, two, three to grow an avocado seed-- as long as you're okay with "waiting, waiting, waiting." Cute. And I like avocados.

Simple sweet story about a young boy exuding patience while trying to grow an avocado tree.This would be an excellent mentor text for the kinder and first grade how-to writing unit. The words are simple, easy to read, and the illustrations are lovely.

3 stars! Thank you to Netgalley for this advanced arc in exchange for an honest review.This was a cute story about patience that incorporated counting for little ones. The illustrations were simple and just ok. It follows a little boy who plants an avocado seed and has to wait, along with his friends, for the seed to grow. He gets impatient with all the waiting - but then the seed finally starts to grow. His new found patience- pays off in the end. I would recommend this for preschool/homeschool...

Yep! That's the true story of growing an avocado tree! It takes years of patient waiting. I never had the patience! I don;t think they'd grow well in Ohio anyway. Still it's a fun story for young children. Maybe start them growing peas. Or lettuce! Grows faster and I think that may be all they have patience for! Cute book. I liked the illustrations! I think the book would go great with a gardening program in the spring.I received a Kindle ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review.

Simple text and softly colored, comforting illustrations come together to share a message of anticipation, patience, and perseverance for a little boy who has planted a seed and is waiting for it to grow. Waiting is tough, especially when you're young and time seems to stretch out forever. The little boy in this book has planted an avocado seed and is trying to help it grow into a tree. Young readers will appreciate his efforts to get roots started in a cup of water, waiting for something to hap...

Simple repetition showing what it takes to grow a plant from a seed. I had a good chuckle over the seed being an avocado seed. Funny take on the hip and trendy avocado toast.

Cute little story that present both the cycle of life of avocado and an introduction to numbers while repeating again and again the number 1-2-3. All of that accompanied by great illustrations. This is the perfect example of simple and awesome at the same time!

Spare rhythmic text shares the story of a boy planting an avocado seed and waiting for it to sprout and grow into a tree.The rhythm of the text in this is done well to the extent you can pretty much clap to it. Things appear in sets of threes throughout from words to steps of care. The words are fairly easy and that combined with the repetition of some words make this a good pick for just beginning readers. The illustrations of the boy and his cat who are waiting for the avocado to grow are cute...

I did this once - sprouted the avocado seed and planted the tree (although I kept it in a large pot and tried to keep it as a houseplant) - so I totally get the patience that must be had through this process! (Sidenote: my tree survived almost five years, I named him Ralph, and I was heartbroken when he died. LOL). That being said, I loved this book! I liked the theme of simply counting to three during each stage of the tree's growth, loved the theme of the boy learning patience and growing alon...

I envision this book being read to a younger pre-reader. It's quick, with some repetition.

Read with Uncle Richard & Aunt Brittany for nighttime storytime