After Emilia finds a walnut one morning, Grandpa tells her the story behind it: of his journey across the ocean to a new home, with only one small bag and a nut in his pocket. Step by step, Grandpa teaches Emilia—and readers 4 to 8—how to cultivate her own seed. To create folksy yet stylish scenes of a bygone America, Felicita Sala makes skillful use of watercolor, gouache, and colored pencils.