It Starts with a Seed

With lyrical text, enchanting illustrations, and a beautiful fold-out scene to complete the story, this award-winning picture book takes you on a journey through the seasons and years as you follow a seed's transformation from a seedling to a sapling, then a young tree, until it becomes a large tree with its branches and roots filling the page.

As the tree grows, it is joined by well-loved woodland creatures--squirrels and rabbits, butterflies and owls--who make it their home. A rhyming poem builds page on page, echoing the rings of a growing tree. The story culminates with a foldout page showing a mature tree shedding seeds to continue the beautiful cycle of life. At the back, find the full poem and facts about the specific tree, a sycamore.

Beautiful and evocative, It Starts With a Seed is a factual story that will touch children with its simple, enchanting message of life and growth.

A 2018 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Words & Pictures
Published: 09/05/2017
ISBN: 9781910277263
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.60h x 8.30w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 48 - Recommended, Satisfactory