Beautiful things need time to grow.
It can feel like forever for change to happen.
And then one day, just like that, the world around you changes.
A little boy and his dog are watching the brown of winter slowly fade. They are waiting for the seeds he’s planted to grow.
Waiting is not easy to do.
He is pretty sure something has gone wrong with his seeds. Is it the birds who’ve eaten them? A bear whose stomped on them?
The sign in his garden reads: “please do not stomp here—there are seeds and they are trying.”
This simple poetic story written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin Stead, evokes so much with beautiful illustrations of the tiny details and small ways that spring shows up at first before it’s suddenly here! This is the kind of book that you need to hold in your hands (or lap) to truly take in all the details.
This quiet picture book, reminds kids and adults that being patient is always worth it.
Helps with: patience, optimism, waiting, planting seeds, gardening, changing seasons, honouring nature’s rhythms, possibilities, being mindful and attentive to details.
Author: Julie Fogliano
Publisher: Roaring Book Press, 2012