Recounts the life of an elm tree in New York's Madison Square Park, from the time it falls to the ground as a seed, through its growth while momentous events occur to humans and their city, to its maturity as the oldest tree in the park, spreading its canopy for all to enjoy.
FLOWERING TREES GROUP: EUDICOTS Whistling Thorn FAMILY: FABACEAE HEIGHT: 20 FT (6M) Vachellia drepanolobium SPREAD: 20 FT (6 M) Leaf Evergreen; leaflets in two ranks along a straight to curving midrib; opposite; up to 3⁄1 in 5 mm ...
Describes the different types of trees of North America and how to identify them by their leaves, buds, and bark, and explains why trees are important to the environment.
In this series of moving recollections involving both his childhood and his work as a mature artist, John Fowles explains the impact of nature on his life and the dangers inherent in our traditional urge to categorize, to tame and ...
A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.
This timely allegorical tale will be a useful tool for starting conversations with children about the power of activism and the written word.
Discover the amazing world of trees in this incredible inventive board book with see-through acetate pages.
EVERGREEN: Nature lovers will return to this book day after day, year after year—it makes for the perfect bite-sized, bedside reading.
Listen to the music of the trees. This joyful book follows the life cycle of a tree as it grows from seedling to mature tree, and finally gives way to a new sapling.
This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back.
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.