"Simple rhyming text matched by beautiful and carefully detailed illustrations offer a delightful history lesson"
March 2021 Book of the Month | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month February 2021
A wonderful introduction to how a modern place somewhere in the UK will have been created over the centuries, this beautiful picture book cleverly records the history of a place as it would look from the perspective of an oak tree. Oaks are famous for the exceptional number of years that they live and their permanence makes an interesting contrast to how frequently humans change the landscape.
“I first was an acorn, so tiny and round,/I fell from a branch and sank into the ground./ Then as I grew up, I turned into a tree…/ over hundreds of years! So, what did I see?” Taken together, the simple rhyming text matched by beautiful and carefully detailed illustrations offer a delightful history lesson.
The book ends with a useful timeline: "What was happening in the world while the oak tree grew?". It comes right up to the present with the spreading of the Covid-19 virus!
'This beautifully drawn book is a delightful launchpad for home learning' - Sunday TimesTold in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of an oak tree on a hilltop as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of hundreds of years. From the time when hunters chased deer through the woodland, to when trees were cleared for farmland, to the smog and factories emerging during the industrial revolution. One majestic oak has seen it all, and now we can too.Accompanying pages at the end of the book include a timeline of events in world history across the periods featured in the poem, the life cycle of an oak tree, and prompts to help parents and children explore their own local history.10p from every book sold goes to support the work of the National Forest.
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'This beautifully drawn book is a delightful launchpad for home learning' - Sunday TimesTold in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of an oak tree on a hilltop as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of hundreds of years. From the time when hunters chased deer through the woodland, to when trees were cleared for farmland, to the smog and factories emerging during the industrial revolution.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed What Did the Tree See? and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
What Did the Tree See? features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Books of the Month, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, History, The Natural World, Poetry Books for Children, Geography, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, Educational material, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
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What Did the Tree See? was written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Welbeck Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
What Did the Tree See? has 32 pages
£6.29, reduced from £6.99. In Stock.
