How do you make a garden grow? In this playful companion to the popular Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers. And by tapping, clapping, waving, and more, young readers can join in the action! Christie Matheson masterfully combines the wonder of the natural world with the interactivity of reading.\n\nBeautiful collage-and-watercolor art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful butterflies. Children engage with the book as they wiggle their fingers to water the seeds, clap to make the sun shine after rain, and shoo away a hungry snail. Appropriate for even the youngest child, Plant the Tiny Seed is never the same book twice—no matter how many times you read it!\n\nAnd for curious young nature lovers, a page of facts about seeds, flowers, and the insects and animals featured in the book is included at the end. Fans of Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Press Herewill find their next favorite book in Plant the Tiny Seed.
About Author: Christie Matheson is the author and illustrator of several award-winning picture books, including Tap the Magic Tree and Plant the Tiny Seed, as well as the middle grade novel Shelter and the forthcoming middle grade novel Select. Her picture books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She loves looking for owls in the forest, skiing in snowstorms, coaching soccer, reading mysteries, running and hiking and swimming with her kids, and painting things she sees in nature. She wrote her first book for children when she was seven, but that one hasn’t been published yet. Christie lives in San Francisco with her family
