| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 37 cm |
| Note |
First published in France under the title "Un arbre, une histoire" by Actes Sud, Paris, 2018. |
| Contents |
111 trees, one girl -- The misadventures of the sea coconut -- The tree of 40 fruit -- Unusual trees -- The woman with the green belt -- Canopy mission -- The Sequoia that couldn't be photographed -- The giants -- The lonely Desert Acacia -- Mineral and vegetable -- The architects -- Inside the Baobab -- The fig tree that became a forest -- The Golden Spruce and the lumberjack -- Tree traditions -- A bonsai for The Lord of the Rings -- Eucalyptus apocalypse -- Save Luna! -- The old ones. |
| Summary |
This visually stunning book is an exploration of unique trees--from the tallest Sequoia in California, to a very special forest in India, to a lone Acacia in the Sahara desert--offering a window into different culture around the world. Spectacular art enhances twenty fascinating stories about unique species, traditions, and the people who both nurture and destroy different trees from every corner of the world. This beautiful book improbably tells the story of women's equality in India; endangered species in the Seychelle Islands; and the green belt movement in Kenya--among other true tales of the tallest, broadest, most interesting, significant trees on every continent. This is the perfect book of bedtime stories for nature lovers. |
| Audience |
Grades 4-8. |
| Subject |
Trees -- Juvenile literature.
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Trees. (OCoLC)fst01155984
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
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Picture books.
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| Added Author |
Gastaut, Charlotte, 1974- illustrator.
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Rucker, Sylvia, translator.
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Merberg, Julie, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781941367995 (hardcover) |
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1941367992 (hardcover) |
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