Description
Learn about the importance of seeds and how saving and conserving them for the future is key to sustaining healthy life on the planet.
Seeds are essential to all life on the planet. They provide us with food, clothing and other materials we need and use every day. Without seeds, the planet wouldn't have as many species of plants as we do now. Without plants, there wouldn't be oxygen to breathe and there would be less food for all life on Earth. But today seeds are under threat, mostly from human activity. The climate crisis and food insecurity mean protecting our seeds is more important than ever. In Save Our Seeds, young readers will hear from experts in the field and learn how to take action to preserve seeds for the future.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Sheryl Normandeau holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Certificate. She has written hundreds of articles about gardening and other topics, and is a regular contributor to magazines such as The Gardener for Canadian Climates and The Prairie Garden. She is the author of over twenty non-fiction books for adults and children, including Save Our Seeds: Protecting Plants for the Future and Not Just Dirt!: How Soil Supports Our Planet. Sheryl lives in Calgary.
Prizes
- Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard SelectionCommended 2023
- CCBC Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended 2024
- BC Books for SchoolsCommended 2024
- The Nature Generation Green Earth Book Award (GEBA) - Young Adult Nonfiction Honor BookCommended 2025
Review Quotes
“The latest volume in the well-regarded Orca Footprints series presents a broad array of information about seeds…Exploring seeds more broadly than most children’s books on the topic, this volume encourages readers to collect, plant, and share seeds—a small, yet powerful resource.”
— Booklist“Author and master gardener Sheryl Normandeau… emphasizes the importance of saving and conserving seeds for the future in order to sustain healthy life on Earth. Highly Recommended.”
— CM: Canadian Review of Materials“A wealth of information…Normandeau conversationally provides readers with amazing facts and ways to utilize what they learned, including steps everyone can take to save seeds. Readers will be left empowered to help protect seeds. This book could be useful in an elementary science class or botany unit.”
— Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)““Explains the importance of protecting and preserving seeds for future generations...Students developing research skills and inquiring into the interconnection between humans and plants will garner much from the text.”
— BC Books for SchoolsBiographical note
Sheryl Normandeau is a lifelong gardener and holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Certificate. She is a freelance writer specializing in gardening writing, with hundreds of articles published. Sheryl is a regular contributor to Herb Quarterly, Gardener for Canadian Climates and Prairie Garden, and she is the author of The Little Prairie Book of Berries. She lives in Calgary.
