Books in the Tilbury House Nature Book series

Seeds can be dispersed by wind, water, animals or the bursting of a pod. In Three Lost Seeds, these forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children.

There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings-each weighing less than an ounce-emerge from the sand and scramble to the sea in the moonlight. Only a lucky few survive.

Jonathan isn't as strong or physical as his brother and can't seem to please his beekeeper dad when he tries to help on the farm.