Book description
Collins Modern Classics are relaunched with gorgeous new covers, bringing these timeless story to a new generation.
Deep in the enchanted forest Judy helps her granny run The Shop Under the Willow Tree. They sell all sorts of wonderful things, such as boxes of beautiful dreams carefully tied up with…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Tree that Sat Down as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A character-driven story of good versus evil speaks as eloquently now as when it was first published in the 1940s. Wickedness comes in the form of a delinquent boy and a wicked witch in disguise. Together, this unscrupulous pair hatch a plan to lure the woodland creatures away from the much-loved shop under the willow tree when they launch a rival outlet.
Cleverly, the author gives the woodland animals recognizably human personalities, so they fall for a campaign of dirty tricks, empty promises, and misleading advertising, all designed to destroy the harmony of the wood.
If you love The Tree that Sat Down...
Cinderelliot
A gay retelling of the classic fairy tale--a scrumptious love story featuring ungrateful stepsiblings, a bake-off, and a fairy godfather.
Cinderelliot is stuck at home taking care of his ungrateful stepsister and stepbrother. When Prince Samuel announces a kingdom-wide competition to join the royal staff as his baker, the stepsiblings…
Want books like The Tree that Sat Down?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 85 books like The Tree that Sat Down.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,340
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Tree that Sat Down, you might also like...
Floretta
Floretta- the story of an old woman who discovers life beautifully anew thru the helping hands of a child. The chakra colors of dawn and twilight are woven through the pages as the cycle of life is magically composed. The subject of “heaven,” has the potential to open discussions with…
A Foot is Not a Fish!
In a time of alternative facts and the loss of a shared sense of reality, A Foot is Not a Fish playfully illustrates the difference between what is true and what is not through absurd fun comparisons that every child—and parent—will instantly understand.
This book playfully illustrates common truths by…
