TITLE: The Watermelon Seed
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Greg Pizzoli
PUBLISHER: Disney-Hyperion
PUBLICATION
DATE: 2013
AWARDS: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book
READING
LEVEL: 1st grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: The crocodile loved watermelon until one day he swallowed a seed. He thought he would turn pink or into a vine. Once he burped up the seed he decided never to eat watermelon again until next time.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be given paper watermelon slices and will have to count the seeds in them.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Caroline Harvey, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Fiction, humorous, math, picture book
