If You Plant a Seed
Publishing Details
If You Plant a Seed
By (Author) Kadir Nelson
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Balzer and Bray
27th April 2015
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues
Commended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2017
Physical Properties
32
Width 288mm, Height 287mm, Spine 10mm
466g
Description
If you plant a carrot seed . . . a carrot will grow.
If you plant a lettuce seed . . . lettuce will grow.
But what happens if you plant a seed of kindness . . . or selfishness
Beloved award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson presents a resonant, gently humorous story about the power of even the smallest acts and the rewards of compassion and generosity.
Reviews
"Nelson adeptly balances whimsical, naturalistic, and instructional ideas to create a story that satisfies on multiple levels." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A timeless and delectable picture book choice." -- School Library Journal
"Though the message is as old as time, its delivery here is fresh and sweet as August corn." -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Kadir Nelson won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and won an NAACP Image Award. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson's authorial debut, We Are the Ship, was a New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. He is also the author and illustrator of the acclaimed Baby Bear.
