"A variety of science projects related to the temperate forest that can be done in under an hour, plus a few that take longer for interested students"--.
A young girl named Silence was cast out of her village because she tried to climb the mountain to find her dead parents. She's happy living among the trees, but when she's told by the most ancient tree, Wonderboom, to return to the village that threw her away, she reluctantly agrees to go. Her purpose is to "save Yesterday" by teaching the villagers to honor their ancestors by remembering them.
Tired of the complaints of a beautiful tree growing on the African plains, the Great Spirit turns the tree upside-down so that its branches look like roots growing toward the sky. Includes a section with information about some African animals.
Photographs and text explore the anatomy and life cycle of trees, examining the different kinds of bark, seeds, and leaves, the commercial processing of trees to make lumber, and the creatures that live in trees.
During the Depression, a rural African-American family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.
