I'll tell you a little about the story - it is meant to show the cyclical nature of growth and seasons ... shown in the growth of a tree. This theme is reflected in the design of the book as well. The book is meant to have no beginning or end, the illustrations bleed into the next page, including the last page that starts the story again ... When printing, I don't think I'll print as a typical book with turning pages, instead I think an accordion style is more appropriate, so that the book can bend and circle back on itself.
Here is the story:
1.Look up, way up in the sky
There is the sun that glows and glows
2.Onto a seed that grows and grows
With the warmth of the sun that glows and glows
From way up in the sky
3.This is the tree that's growing and growing
From a little seed that grew and grew
With all that help from the sun's glowing and glowing
From way up in the sky
4.These are the branches, reaching and reaching
Up and up from the tall, tall tree
That has grown and grown from a tiny, little seed
5.These are the leaves, shiny and green
That have sprouted from those branches
Of the tall, maybe tallest, tall tree
6.All that growing and growing takes a lot of energy
The tree has gathered it up all this time
From when it was a small, maybe smallest, small seed
From the glowing, glowing sun way up in the sky
7.Now, raindrops collect in those lofty leaves
And the water drains all the way down
The branches of the biggest tree of trees
The tree needs all this water to grow and grow
and with the warmth from the sun,
The tree is sure to, you know!
8.But after some time, it turns icy and chilly
And those leaves shiver and wither away
They fall one by one from the tree
9.That is still reaching, but empty-handed today
The tallest tree, all bare now, still stands proud
And the sun embarrassed hides behind a gray snow cloud
10.Look down, down on the ground
Those tired withered leaves
All around the tree surround
Like a giant comfy blanket
Keeping the tree's roots warm in the ground
11.And so the tallest tall tree
Through winter stands warm and proud
[Well maybe a little chilled]
Through the chilliest season
Until the sky is once more sun-filled
12.Look up, way up in the sky
There is the sun that glows and glows
13.Onto a new seed that grows and grows
Under the shade of the tallest tall tree
From the branches that reach way up high
Sprouting new leaves in the warm sunny sky
14.That wave and dance
15.Or drain rain down when its gray and cloudy
Down and down the tree
To the newest new tiny seed
I have started painting sheets and sheets of paper with many different colours and textures, which I plan to cutout and assemble into the book's illustrations ... I will show the progression of the book from start to finish ...
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