Trees

Trees make our world not only habitable, but they also make our planet a more beautiful place. This feature looks at both fiction and nonfiction titles. To find out how you can help make our world a greener and more beautiful place please visit the National Arbor Day Foundation website. Readers may also find the Johnny Appleseed feature interesting.

Poetree

Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
Illustrator: Sharhrzad Maydani
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Penguin Random House, 2019 ISBN: 978-0399539121
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Wishtree

Katharine Applegate
Fiction
For ages 9 and up
Feiwel & Friends, 2017 ISBN: 978-1250043221
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Big Tree Down!

Laurie Lawlor
Illustrator: David Gordon
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Holiday House, 2018 ISBN: 978-0823436613
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Kate, Who Tamed The Wind

Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrator: Lee White
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2018 ISBN: 978-1101934791
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The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window

Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrator: Peter McCarty
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2016 ISBN: 978-0385753975
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The Tree: A Fable

Neal Layton
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Candlewick, 2017 ISBN: 978-0763689520
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The Christmas Eve Tree

Delia Huddy
Illustrator: Emily Sutton
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Candlewick Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-0763679170
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Because of an Acorn

Lola M. Schaefer, Adam Schaefer
Illustrator: Frann Preston-Gannon
Nonfiction Picture Book
Chronicle Books, 2016 ISBN: 978-1452112428
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Strange Trees: And the Stories Behind Them

Bernadette Pourpuie
Illustrator: Cecile Gambini
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Princeton Architectural Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1616894597
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