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.

hardcover
8.20 x 11.60 in

author: laura knowles