Start Small, Think Big: Little, Brown Nut

Little, Brown Nut is the second book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

From the moment a child opens the textured cover with the peep-through hole, they will be transported to the Amazon rainforest to see a huge fruit falling from the tallest tree.
Inside is a little brown Brazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for an agouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nut from its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and the agouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding and the gorgeous illustrations bring the story and the science to life.

Thinking big, the book shows why the rainforest is important to local people and the wider world.

To make this book truly special, there is a big fold-out at the back, with a world map, a picture lifecycle, and an I-Spy game to take children back into in the book to find the polar animals.

Good for…

• children 4 to 8

• primary science: the lifecycle of a tree, germination, photosynthesis and other life processes, the role rainforests play in a healthy planet

• Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-
  person for emerging readers, and additional information for
  confident readers or shared reading

• Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map
  and an I-Spy game

• Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picturebook beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out

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