Will one teeny bluebonnet seed ever bloom? Will she survive the hungry bird, winter swooshing in with its icy fingers, hail and sleet storms slamming the earth with their hard hitting pellets, doodle bugs that nibble, nibble, nibble, chomp, chomp, chomp?

Tick-tock-tick-tock. Tick-tick-tock. Will she ever bloom? Readers cheer at the happy outcome of this one seed’s determination to bloom. Not only does it show the life cycle of a seed and cycles of the seasons but it demonstrates to children that adversity can be overcome by perseverance.