The Seedling That Didn't Want to Grow

Britta Teckentrup

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English

Prestel
01 May 2020

Children's & Educational; Picture books; Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA)

"This story about a reluctant seedling packs a powerful message about the benefits of being different.

It's early spring and below the earth's surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, extending their shoots and leaves and growing tall. All except for one seedling, who isn't quite ready. Each page of this gentle but powerfully evocative book demonstrates how some of us are different. As most of the seeds transform into strong flowers, they block out the sun from the one left behind. But the little seedling persists, twisting and turning until, with the help of bird and insect friends, it finds its own place to grow and blossom. In the end, this little seed turns into a flower that's just as beautiful and healthy as all the others. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as ""delicate, complex, extravagant, beautiful and strong,"" Teckentrup's inviting and softly coloured illustrations provide the perfect backdrop for this moving tale about being unique while subtly teaching kids about the life cycle of plants.

AGES: 3 to 7

AUTHOR: Britta Teckentrup has written and illustrated more than seventy children's books, which have been published in more than twenty countries. Her books include The Egg, Birds and Their Feathers, Oskar and Mo, and Before I Wake Up (all by Prestel). She lives in Berlin, Germany."

By: Britta Teckentrup
Imprint: Prestel
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 308mm, Width: 238mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 533g
ISBN: 9783791374291
ISBN 10: 379137429X
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 May 2020
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

BRITTA TECKENTRUP has written and illustrated more than seventy children's books, which have been published in more than twenty countries. Her books include The Egg, Birds and Their Feathers, Oskar and Mo, and Before I Wake Up (all by Prestel). She lives in Berlin, Germany.

Reviews for The Seedling That Didn't Want to Grow

Without sentimentality or special effects, Teckentrup makes readers feel nature's significance by zeroing in on a very small corner of it. -Publishers Weekly