If You Plant a Seed
Kadir Nelson’s book is a warm lesson that begins with an exploration on what happens when one plants tomato and carrot seeds with love. If you plant a carrot seed in time with care, a carrot grows. This turns into a meditation on similar results that young ones can expect from planting emotions. “If you plant a seed of kindness…” Picture books with anthropomorphic characters like mice sharing tomatoes with other animals, or a rabbit and a mouse eating a meal together can also widen the world for babies from an early age.