If You Plant a Seed: An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids - Hardcover

Nelson, Kadir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062298895 ISBN 13: 9780062298898

Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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

"Nelson adeptly balances whimsical, naturalistic, and instructional ideas to create a story that satisfies on multiple levels."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer + Bray
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062298895
• ISBN 13: 9780062298898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Nelson Kadir