It Starts With A Seed

'Through charming, gentle rhyme and lovely illustration, this story...will surely start weaving its magic in young minds…genuinely delightful...a treasure for budding naturalists, and one that grown-ups won't tire of endlessly re-reading.' BBC Countryfile Magazine

Beautifully presented with a gold-embossed cover, It Starts with a Seed is illustrated with detailed etchings throughout, including a special fold-out page.

It Starts with a Seed was the winner of the inaugural Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non-Fiction.

A book that explores the cycle of nature and the diversity of wildlife found in, around and under a tree.  Each double page spread contains words on one side and an illustration of the tree on the other; it is printed on off-white paper with lots of space that allows the concept of growth to come across as the reader progresses through the book. The story of the tree is told in a rhyme and the book concludes in a pull-out page showing the huge old tree in all its glory with branches reaching wide and roots spread out underground.

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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 fold-out 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.
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It Starts with a Seed was the winner of the inaugural Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non-Fiction.