"Each of the three seeds in this story--a cherry seed in the MIddle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia--survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance. Stephie's verses...

After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.

Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants. A story of faithfulness and steadfastness.

This is the story of Isabella's garden and the amazing things that can come from the tiniest of seeds, how they bloom and flourish and make way for a whole new season of growth. Told in the style of the favorite nursery rhyme, The House That Jack Built, this book will sure to win the hearts of its readers.

Follow the wordless journey of a maple seed, sometimes called a maple key or whirligig, as it helicopters away from its parent tree and floats across a city on the autumn wind.

In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.

"The Saved Seed shows the young child that seeds originally come from nature. The seed saved from carving a pumpkin at Halloween guides the child through the year with all the basic steps in gardening that allows [sic] it to grow into a vine with new pumpkins for the next Halloween."--Foreword.

On her very first day of school, Sophie is reluctant to make friends with the other children, preferring to play with two squash she grew in her garden--but when a particularly persistent boy named Steven gives her a packet of seeds as an apology for accidentally ripping her picture, she realizes that it just takes time to grow a friend.

On a walk through the forest, a child celebrates the potential of an acorn, a caterpillar, and other things he can hold in the palm of his hand--which he knows will turn into some wonderful.

Jerome the Gnome takes young readers on whimsical adventures through his garden, celebrating discovery and sowing the imagination as he introduces topics such as science, environmental awareness, and agriculture. In How to Grow Happiness, Jerome and his fellow Garden of Wonder dwellers-including Oakie, his pet acorn; Nutilda, a hyperactive squirrel; and Warble, a fast-talking bird-learn what it takes to make a happiness seed blossom. Through patience,...