# The Acorn That Became a Tree

Author: Logan
Level: PreK3
Theme: Growing slowly, season by season

## Story

**Page 1:** Squirrel found a brown acorn. It was smooth and round.

**Page 2:** She dug a little hole. She tucked the acorn in the soil.

**Page 3:** In spring, a tiny green sprout poked up through the soil, and Squirrel whispered, 'Hello, little tree!'

**Page 4:** In spring, a tiny sprout poked up. 'Hello, little tree!' said Squirrel.

**Page 5:** Summer sun made it grow taller. Rain helped it grow strong.

**Page 6:** Squirrel visited her tree every single week, talking to it softly and watching it grow taller and stronger.

**Page 7:** One year passed. Then two. Then many years.

**Page 8:** The tree grew tall and wide. Birds built nests in its branches.

**Page 9:** Squirrel sat in the cool shade of her tree and ate sweet acorns that had grown on her very own oak.

**Page 10:** The little acorn had become a great oak tree.

## 5 Words to Learn
acorn, soil, sprout, season, oak

## Read Together
Can you curl up small like an acorn, then grow tall like a tree?