Las Animas - Bent County Library District

A young boy plants the seeds in a large circle. He waters them and waits patiently until they grow taller than himself, with huge nodding blossoms that form a perfect "sunflower house." He and two friends play in the "house" all summer, even sleeping in it one night, until the leaves turn brown and the stems fall down.

A child reflects on how a small, striped gray seed eventually becomes a strong, beautiful sunflower.

When the students in Sam's class grow sunflowers from seeds, his ends up behind the garden wall instead of in the flowerpot.

The seeds Chipmunk buried last fall are missing, but in their place a beautiful sunflower grows and by summer's end, drops its seeds for Chipmunk and the other creatures in the meadow to enjoy.

Simon gets three sunflower plants from his bird-loving neighbor Mrs. Potter, only to have them disappear one by one.

The seeds scattered by a mother and her child as they walk through the park on a cold winter day feed a pair of cardinals and grow into a plant that feeds their babies the next summer.

Annie Jamison is the sister who keeps the peace. So when her mother goes missing, Annie's the one sent to retrieve her. There's one problem. It seems the town Willa Jamison ran off to doesn't exist, only sunflowers in the middle of a field.

"Scout and Daisy are on a picnic and Daisy remembers that she's forgotten to water her bird feeders! But what kind of bird feeders need to be watered? Join Daisy as she helps Scout find clues to solve the Case of the Growing Bird Feeder"--Goodreads.com.