Little, Brown Nut: A fact-filled picture book about the life cycle of the Brazil nut tree, with fold-out map of the Amazon rainforest (ages 4-8)

**Books for Topics Recommended Reads 2024: 50 Best Books for Year 1** Follow the story of a little, brown nut as it falls to the forest floor. It relies on a rare animal to bury it before it starts to grow into the tallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. This book will feed the curiosity of the youngest of readers who are: keen to know how the world works fascinated by nature  enjoy learning new information The story is carefully written for children learning to read, with additional factual captions for more advanced readers. And here’s the WOW-factor – a large fold-out map of South America at the end with diagrams and a fun I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and identify animals in the pictures. Little, Brown Nut is part of the Start Small, Think Big series of science-based picture books: Aimed at children aged 4 to 8 Covers KS1 primary science subjects that children learn at school  High-quality educational content, beautifully illustrated Little, Brown Nut explores the life cycle of a Brazil Nut tree, rainforest ecosystems, and the importance of the Amazon rainforest to local people and the wider world. The book covers germination, pollination, growth, parts of a plants and the structure of rainforests. It highlights why protecting the rainforest is vital for both flora and fauna and for the indigenous people who harvest the nuts and export them around the world. Each book in the series is set in a different habitat and part of the world: Small, Sparkling Raindrop (Southeast Asia/wetlands and the water cycle) Small, Speckled Egg (polar regions and the life cycle of an Arctic tern) Little, Brown Nut (Amazon rainforest and the life cycle of a Brazil Nut tree) Tiny, Floating Coral (Great Barrier Reef and the life cycle of coral) Fluffy, Flying Seed (meadowlands and the life cycle of a dandelion) Small, Shiny Dung Beetle (African savannah and the life cycle of an insect) Build your own life cycle library with this series, a brilliant addition to any home or school bookshelf.   Printed on FSC paper from sustainable forests.