Simple text, illustrations, and photographs provide an introduction to trees, discussing their forms, different parts, how they change throughout the seasons, fruits that grow on them, animals that live in them, and how wood is used.
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.
Presents a guide to identifying the trees of North America, in simple text with illustrations, including information on the physical characteristics of the different trees throughout the seasons, how leaves change color, and why trees are important.
Jason is upset to learn his favorite old oak tree is going to be cut down to make way for a new sports complex, but his distress turns to fear when he realizes the tree is literally fighting for its life.
An offer from a city man to buy the trees on his land awakens in a country fellow a keener awareness of the value of both his trees and his friends at Christmas.
As a badly injured Callery pear tree discovered under the rubble of the Twin Towers is nursed back to health over a number of years, she remembers her life on the World Trade Center Plaza. After years of healing, she becomes known as the 9/11 Survivor Tree and is planted at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in New York City. Based on a true story.
