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 teachers to use in a math curriculum. It could also be used for science as well.

A young boy (usually) patiently waits while a seed sprouts and then goes through the steps to become a tree. Told in sparse, rhyming text, this book is perfect for young readers and used in a science unit when growing something.

Sweet little story of a boy, a seed, and learning to wait. I also love the integrated counting 1-2-3 throughout the book. It was perfect to read to both my one year old and almost four year old. It also inspired us to save an avocado seed and see if it will sprout!

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!

Sprout, Seed, Sprout! by Annika Dunklee and illustrated by Carey Sookocheff is the best book ever to describe exactly how all of us, man, woman, child feel when waiting for an avocado pit to sprout. I absolutely loved this book. I laughed out loud over the impatience felt by the child waiting for roots to show and then the stem. We have all been there, singing to our plants, praising it for growing, shouting words of excitement and encouragement. Also the illustrations are perfect. I love the side-eye the cat gives the other “friends” and of the dad flinging the pit across the room. The slightly muted tones are wonderful. A truer book has never been written.