It Starts with a Seed
by Laura Knowles, illustrated by Jennie Webber
Interest age: 4 to 6
Reading age: 5+
Published by Words & Pictures Press, 2016
About this book
A seed becomes a sapling, then a young tree, until, after many years, it grows into a large tree with roots and branches filling the page. At each stage of the tree's growth, the growing tree provides support, food or a home for a variety of creatures: it's a perch for a dragonfly, a place for birds to nest and squirrels to scamper.
This sensitively drawn ink and watercolour book about the life of a tree within its own wider ecosystem also features a gently rhyming text. The book itself, with thick cream paper and gold endpapers, is a work of art, and will be enjoyed and treasured by children and adults.
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