"From tiny orchid seeds to giant coco de mer palm seeds, wind-born seeds to water-born seeds, this poetic illustrated book describes the incredible variety of seeds and how they grow into a diverse array of plants"--

After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own.

Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants.

An exploration of the different ways seeds are dispersed into the environment.

Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and, after watching it grow, carves it, and saves some seeds to plant in the spring.

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

"Seeds harbor immense potential. They defy their size by sprouting and growing into plants. And these plants develop beautiful flowers and delicious fruits and vegetables. Even in the most unlikely environments, seeds manage to thrive. Like seeds, we can cultivate and nurture something wonderful. There is much we can learn from seeds." -- back cover.

After sowing unmarked seeds, three youngsters wait expectantly for their garden to grow.

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.

"Little Seed and Little Fox are facing changes and brand new circumstances and they don't like it one bit. Through this unlikely friendship, children will discover that no matter how new or fearful their circumstances, God is always with them"--