{"product_id":"the-sun-seed-9780880105859","title":"The Sun Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Early one spring morning, a little seed woke up after her long winter sleep. She yawned and stretched. With a loud CRACK her hard brown jacket fell away. 'Oh!' said the surprised seed. The earth above felt warm.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e... this was just the beginning of big changes to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe colorful illustrations in this book are made by the author from dyed wool fibers, felted together to create a solid piece of \"fabric.\" She employed a technique known as \"dry,\" or \"needle,\" felting, which requires a small hand tool called a felting needle with barbs along the shaft to catch the fibers as it pierces the surface of the wool and binds them together. Jan describes the experience as \"painting with a needle.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Ages 3-6)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Schubert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bell Pond Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.04h x 8.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780880105859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchubert, Jan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJan Schubert\u003c\/b\u003e has been a Waldorf early childhood educator for more than twenty years. In a one-room-school house on sixty acres in northern California, she founded and operated a preschool program. She holds a BA in ECE and has taught kindergarten at the Davis Waldorf School (Davis, California), where she currently teaches preschool. Jan also worked in a Lifeways program. She has a lifelong love of handwork and textiles, which is expressed in her visual storytelling and puppetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bell Pond Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44697646202995,"sku":"9780880105859","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8b91e30a-2e0e-4507-ae1f-e31b1291eef6.jpg?v=1775245457","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-sun-seed-9780880105859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}