Seeds

Nature's Intrepid Miracles

Cruschiform, Cruschiform

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Miscellaneous
01 December 2025

Nature, the natural world (Children's&YA); Educational: Sciences, general science

A gorgeous, captivating exploration of nature's ingenuity, this volume offers fascinating details, facts, and lore of seeds from around the world.

Perfect for both young and adult readers curious about the natural world, this celebration of life and growth combines scientific accuracy with artistic beauty.

This stunning volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It beautifully showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe.

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Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics. .

Organized by the ways in which seeds are dispersed-by wind, water, or human and animal interaction. .

The book features brief, engaging texts that explain how nature has perfectly designed each seed for its specific role.

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Readers will encounter the brilliant green spiral of the alfalfa seed, which scatters far and wide when grown in the wild. They will find new fascination in familiar seeds like the sugar maple's jewel-like propellers and the wild carrot's dome of tiny white flowers.

Did you know? .

One of the largest seeds-the coconut-has a hollow, waterproof shell that enables it to journey across oceans. .

The fearsome horns of the water chestnut, which anchors itself in the mud to germinate.

AGES: 6 plus

AUTHOR: Cruschiform is a French creative studio founded by Marie-Laure Cruschi. Their previous book Colorama, is published by Prestel.

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PERFECT FOR everybody who is interested in seeds, nature and graphic design .

OFFERS FASCINATING DETAILS: Filled with facts, and lore of seeds from around the world .

BRIEF, ENGAGING TEXT explain how nature has perfectly designed each seed for its specific role .

AUTHOR: Cruschiform is a French creative studio founded by Marie-Laure Cruschi. Their previous book Colorama, is published by Prestel. .

UNIQUE AND POETIC ILLUSTRATIONS by the famous designer and illustrator Cruschiform.

By: Cruschiform
Illustrated by: Cruschiform
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 187mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9783791375960
ISBN 10: 3791375962
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

CRUSCHIFORM is a French creative studio founded by Marie-Laure Cruschi. Their previous book, Colorama, is published by Prestel.