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1) Big tree
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Did you know that trees have parents, and tree grandparents with wrinkles? That tree kids go to school for hundreds of years? That there is such a thing as the forest internet? And that trees make us healthy and strong. Sometimes, even trees get sick, but we can help them heal. Can You Hear the Trees Talking? shares the mysteries and magic of the forest in language kids will love and understand."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
408 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Definitive reference for gardeners, homeowners, and horticultural professionals features: 200 genera and 350 species of shade trees, ornamentals, and conifers, both deciduous and evergreen; the best selections for spring bloom, fall color, showy fruit, ornamental bark, and disease resistance; trees that will thrive in the hottest and coldest regions of North America; full-color identification photos to take with you to the nursery; illustrated instructions...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
118 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
No garden is too small for a tree, and many are large enough to accommodate an orchard or alley of small trees. Small-Tree Gardens, the latest book in our Garden Design series, presents a variety of garden projects featuring smaller trees from a silvery six-foot birch to a fragrant pine-apple guava tree. Hazel White explains how designers use trees in the garden to create focal points, walls and ceilings, corridors, screens, and frames. Each of the...
7) Forest born
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 303 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers her tree alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate and illuminate beloved lost...
9) Trees
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpage) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part poetry, part celebration of nature, turn the page of this book and enter the majestic world of trees"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the different parts of trees and how they grow, and offers instruction to young readers on how to identify various tree species.
11) Trees
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
320 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains photographs and descriptions of over five hundred specimens of trees found throughout the world.
12) Christmas is
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this poetic exploration of how trees help one another grow, readers follow along as the story of a tree's lifecycle is told in reverse -- from mature giants to saplings to small sprouts to seeds waiting to pop"--
14) Mrs Honey's tree
Author
Publisher
Child's Play
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 0.29 x 17.17 x 15.78 in.
Language
English
Description
This delightful and humorous book is based on a true story. It tells the tale of Mrs Honey and her friends' campaign to save an old horse chestnut tree. The Council want to chop the tree down and replace it with a bus shelter. Mrs Honey climbs the tree to prevent it from being destroyed while her friends collect signatures for a petition. The tree is saved and the bus shelter is built elsewhere.
15) The forever tree
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a beloved tree gets sick, the human and animal communities work together to give it a new life."--
16) Taming fruit: how orchards have transformed the land, offered sanctuary, and inspired creativity
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
287 pages: illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Throughout history, orchards have nourished both body and soul: they are sites for worship and rest, inspiration for artists and writers, and places for people to gather. In Taming Fruit, award-winning writer Bernd Brunner interweaves evocative illustrations with masterful prose to show that the story of orchards is a story of how we have shaped nature to our desires for millennia.
As Brunner tells it, the first orchards may have been oases dotted...
17) The great spruce
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
The spruce tree his grandfather planted means a lot to Alec, so when men from the city want to use it as a Christmas tree, Alec offers a compromise.
Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
�2019
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 37 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
19) In the company of trees: honoring our connection to the sacred power, beauty, and wisdom of trees
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
268 pages : color illustratioins ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When was the last time you spent time outside? The space between your front door and your car doesn't count. Nature holds incredible power to soothe our spirits, calm our minds, and open us up to creativity, if we can unplug long enough to step away from our screens and embrace it. In the Company of Trees helps you rediscover your own connection to the world outside, with over 195 quotes, facts, and stories honoring trees from across the world and...
Author
Publisher
Fox Chapel Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Taking the fear out of chainsaws by emphasizing safe handling practices, this resource aims to put raw power in the hands of everyday yard workers. With step-by-step color photographs throughout, 12 of the most common household chainsaw operations—such as cutting firewood, taking down small trees, trimming branches, grooming hedges, and making lumber—are tackled with expert advice and sure-handed guidance. With an additional section devoted to...
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