The Big Yellow Seed

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(43 55 62 1)>The story follows Otto a perceptive child who feels disconnected from his peers' obsession with electronic devices. His compassion leads him to rescue a beetle who in turn gifts him a magic seed with the power to grant four wishes. While Otto uses some wishes for personal fantasy (a treehouse a talking dog) his ultimate wish is empathetic and community-minded: he wishes for the other children to see the natural world with the same wonder he does. This book serves as a fantastic conversation starter for classrooms and libraries with built-in discussion questions that encourage children to ponder their relationship with technology articulate what they discover in nature and explore the limits of their own imaginations. It's a powerful tool for promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) highlighting the rewards of kindness the value of being different and the transformative power of unplugging and engaging with the real world. </span></p>