Take some big, bright photographs and pair them up with direct explanations of how things work and you have the feel of this wonderful celebration of seed, sun and soil. Things begin with hands filled with seeds reaching to you...hands of all kinds of children and all kinds of seeds. Then, turn the page to see tomatoes, green peppers, pea pods and cantaloupes all but in half and proudly displaying their seeds collected neatly inside. There is a magic to these seeds and they begin our story, our plants, and much of the good we enjoy.
Let's walk into a field together and find a tiny plant just beginning to shoot up from its seed. Let's dig down into the soil and find out what it's really made of... "each handful of soil contains more living things than all the human beings on Earth." That will stop and make you think. Then, look up and take in that sunlight and all its magical powers bringing such goodness to it all. Put it all together, the wonder of the seed, the magic of the soil and the power of the sun and you get a better awareness of the processes going on all around us and the part each piece plays. Beautiful photographs that bring children closer to the wonder of nature and its goodness. Ages 5-9 32 pages
