"A beautiful and inspiring story to make us all think like a tree"
Filled with breath-taking double-page spreads, this beautiful picture book not only encourages children to stretch, uncurl and spread wide like a tree, it demonstrates how very similar we are (Your skin is bark/protecting what’s within), and shows how our good health is mutually dependant. Glowing illustrations depict a variety of trees, viewed from different angles and perspectives, but always centre stage while human beings, often tiny in comparison, walk or play underneath or climb the branches.
The text doesn’t say it outright – it doesn’t need to – but this is a depiction of the world as it should be, one of harmony and community, where we are all reaching for the sun. There’s so much to enjoy and so much to wonder at and learn; the final pages feature facts and information about trees, their anatomy as well as what you can do to help them, and instruct readers too on how to be a tree in their community. This is one of those books that makes you see the world differently.
Stand tall. Stretch your branches to the sun. Be a tree! We are all like trees: our spines, trunks; our skin, bark; our hearts giving us strength and support, like heartwood. We are fueled by air and sun.
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Stand tall. Stretch your branches to the sun.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Be a Tree! and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Be a Tree! features in the following genres: Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Geography, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, Educational material, People / Places, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, The Natural World, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Hardback. £12.59, down from the £13.99 cover price. In Stock.
Be a Tree! was written by Maria Gianferrari and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers an imprint of Abrams
Be a Tree! has 40 pages
£12.59, reduced from £13.99. In Stock.
