If You Plant a Seed

Name: If You Plant a Seed
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ISBN: 9780062298898

By: Kadir Nelson

Illustrated By: Kadir Nelson

Balzer + Bray / 2015 / Hardcover

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Product Description

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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?

This is a resonant, gently humorous story about the power of our actions, and the rewards of compassion and generosity.

Hardcover; 40 pages; Ages 4-8

Product Information

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Title: If You Plant a Seed
By: Kadir Nelson
Illustrated By: Kadir Nelson
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 40
Vendor: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: 2015

Dimensions: 9.03 X 6.60 X 1.40 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0062298895
ISBN-13: 9780062298898
Ages: 4-8
Stock No: WW298890

Publisher's Description

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The bestselling book about the power of one kind act from Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner Kadir Nelson.

“Timeless and delectable.”—School Library Journal

If you plant a carrot seed . . . a carrot will grow.

If you plant a cabbage seed . . . cabbage will grow.

But what happens if you plant a seed of kindness . . . or selfishness?

With spare text and breathtaking oil paintings, If You Plant a Seed demonstrates not only the process of planting and growing for young children but also how a seed of kindness can bear sweet fruit.

Kadir Nelson's acclaimed books include The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal as the most distinguished picture book of the year, Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.

Author Bio

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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.

Editorial Reviews

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“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