tree planting

Beginning readers are introduced to how they can live green and make a difference by planting trees.

"It's Tu B'Shevat-Jewish Arbor Day-and a diverse group of children work together to plant a tree. After digging a hole, placing the tree, filling the hole with dirt, patting the ground, and spraying the garden hose, the children celebrate by wishing the tree a happy birthday, and then look forward to when it blossoms on Tu B'Shevat the following year"--Amazon.

"A true story about when the author was a little girl and she and her family traveled to Canada to help plant trees to replace ones that had been removed by loggers"--Provided by publisher.

"Every spring the little girl who lives next door to Rosario helps him plant vegetables. One spring, Rosario plants a fig tree, which soon bears sweet purple fruit. But when fall comes, he bends it over and buries it in the ground"--Publisher.

"Dr. Seuss's Lorax explains how trees help clean the air we breath, and the steps required to successfully plant a tree"--Provided by publisher.

"Grab a shovel and get ready to plant some trees! From poplars to pines, alder, apple, peach, and plum, this rhyming story introduces the concept of orders of magnitude and celebrates the importance of planting different trees and preserving diverse ecosystems. Nurturing a new sapling is one of the first steps in growing hundreds, millions, even trillions of trees"--Provided by publisher.

After many futile attempts to plant a tree in honor of his new baby sister, a young Haitian boy discovers the perfect solution.

Thirteen-year-old Liza begins to feel overwhelmed, and as she tries to find a useful outlet for her frustration as grief, she finds herself blocked at every turn by the school's new principal.

"A small boy longed to roll and play in the grass like his father had when he was a child. But the boy lived in a concrete city without any grass or trees. Then, one day the boy and his friend discovered a sapling hiding behind a low wall. The boy had never seen a tree before. He was so amazed, he dreamed about the tree. He imagined it tall. When they heard that a condominium was being built right on the spot where their tree was growing, the boy and his friend knew they had to dig it up and replant it in a safe place. They had to make sure the last tree survived"--OCLC.