{"product_id":"sunflower-days-willow-wave-9798181376786","title":"Sunflower Days: A quiet story about waiting, watching, and growing","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome things take a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA child plants one sunflower seed. Then waits. Watches. Waits some more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a quiet picture book about the kind of growing that nobody can see at first. Day by slow day, a small seed becomes a tall flower, and a child learns that waiting is its own kind of growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor children aged 4 to 9, for the ones whose minds move quickly and need a slow, kind story to come home to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunflower Days\u003c\/i\u003e follows a sunflower's life cycle from seed to bloom to seed again, with hand-painted watercolour illustrations and short, observational prose. Real botanical detail. No moralising. The kind of book that earns the calm corner, the bedtime read, the windowsill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gentle, repeatable read-aloud, roughly four to five minutes from start to finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSage and warm-sand watercolour illustrations on every spread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA short \"How a Sunflower Grows\" page at the back with four real facts about heliotropism, germination, and how many seeds a single sunflower can hold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunflower Days\u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by Tommy, age six, who wanted to know how sunflowers grow. It is the first book from Willow \u0026amp; Wave Studio, a small, family-run publishing house that makes books that are quiet, considered, and properly made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet things, well made.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Willow \u0026amp;. Wave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181376786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.09d","brand":"Willow \u0026. Wave","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002068738303,"sku":"9798181376786","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sunflower-days-willow-wave-9798181376786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}