The Moon Seed

An astronaut for the Apollo 14 mission to the moon took a bag of seeds with him. This book is a reimagining of what might have happened to one of those seeds. For nine days this particular seed floated around the spaceship, with its two wings twirling. It spotted something unbelievably bright and beautiful from up on the moon. Once back on earth, a forester planted the winged seed deep in the soil. Down went its roots, up came its shoot, striving to grow so tall that it could reach the moon again. The days, months, years passed until the tree was fully grown. Night after night, a bear, chipmunks, rabbits and skunks sheltered in and around the tree. Poetic in language, the tale speaks for every growing thing upon earth, even those striving to reach the moon. Beautifully illustrated in soft muted tones, sometimes in bright shining colours, the book leaves a tender spot for all seeds planted and tended, on our stunningly handsome earth… and for the moon. A book to ponder upon, and return to; and maybe be encouraged to plant a seed and tend it through its growth.