Little Brown Nut (Start Small, Think Big)

Start Small, Think Big sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning with small miracles of life and connecting them to the big picture of our natural world. Each book features a large fold-out illustration on the final pages. Little Brown Nutstarts small, with a large fruit falling from thetallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. Inside is a little brownBrazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for anagouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nutfrom its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and theagouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in away that builds understanding and the gorgeous illustrationsbring the story and the science to lifeThinking big, the book shows why the rainforest is important tolocal people and the wider world. A big fold-out has a worldmap, an at-a-glance lifecycle, and a Rainforest I-Spy of theanimals to take readers back into the book. This book features a die cut hole in the cover and large fold-out poster at the back of the book. Read more