From Emmy Award-winning journalist Anna Crowley Redding comes a captivating nonfiction picture book that explores the fabled apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton´s theory of gravity. From a minor seed to a monumental icon, it inspired the world´s greatest minds, including Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. "A sweet windfall of history and inspiration." --Kirkus (starred review) "This picture book may resonate with science-minded children." --Booklist A tree may seem like a rather ordinary thing. But hundreds of years ago, a tree was about to embark on an extraordinary journey. And it all started with just a speck of a seed. . . . It began in the 1600s with a seed that became the tree that grew the apple that fell right before Isaac Newton´s eyes. This seemingly simple event sparked one of the greatest scientific discoveries--Newton´s theory of gravity! A chain reaction of ideas and discoveries followed from the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, who traveled to the pl
