Book description
Watch the tree change with the seasons as each page is turned in this beautiful and educational book for curious young minds.
New York Public Library’s 100 Best Books for Kids 2016
Through a hole in the book’s cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and…
Why read it?
1 author picked Tree as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
There’s so much to look at in this beautiful book which follows a tree through the seasonal cycle. The gentle rhyming text is accompanied by colourful peek-through illustrations, with an owl cleverly joined by more and more woodland animals as the seasons turn towards midsummer’s night. I had to read this one again and again, following not just the tree but the foxes, birds, and even a spider’s web through the seasons.
From Julia's list on The best children’s books about nature and the seasons.
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