Something wonderfull

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Matt Ritter

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Illustrated
Hardcover
48 Pages
Age Range: 5-8

Dive into the strange interwoven lifecycles of fig trees, the wasps that live inside them, and the beautiful creatures that eat them. Everything is connected.

This educational and interactive picture book immerses the reader in the strange and interwoven lifecycles of a tropical fig tree in the rainforest, and the tiny insects and colorful creatures that call it home. Following the growth of a seed haphazardly dropped into the canopy of a rainforest tree by a flying toucan, Something Wonderful teaches the interdependence of rainforest ecology in an easy-to-follow, captivating story. Flip the beautifully illustrated pages and experience the journey of the fig seedling making its own roots and leaves, growing strong, eventually replacing the giant tree that was its host, making figs, attracting pollinators, and developing its life-giving seeds.

Something Wonderful happens next. The delectable fig fruit is hungrily eaten by a passing toucan who, upon flight, aimlessly drops a seed from its poop into the treetops below, beginning the fig’s lifecycle once again. Discover additional scientific information about the pollination process, insects, and animals found in the story in an illustrated section at the end of the book. Readers can play a “seek and find” game of locating the elusive red-eyed tree frog on each page of the story. Take a journey, from the tiny to the grandiose, while making your way through the tropical rainforest on the path to uncover Something Wonderful…

“A gorgeous-looking lesson that will satisfy kids and parents alike.”—Kirkus Reviews

Matt Ritter

Dr. Matt Ritter, who has an infectious love of trees and all things botanical, is a distinguished professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He has written several books in- cluding natural history guidebooks, adult fiction, and children’s literature.
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