with lyrical text and enchanting illustrations, 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.
A 2018 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children\'s Book Council).
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.
At the back, find the full poem and facts about the specific tree, a sycamore.
The story culminates with a foldout page showing a mature tree shedding seeds to continue the beautiful cycle of life.
A rhyming poem builds page on page, echoing the rings of a growing tree.
As the tree grows, it is joined by well-loved woodland creatures--squirrels and rabbits, butterflies and owls--who make it their home.
with lyrical text and enchanting illustrations, 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
