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Plants - Trees, Horticulture, Forests & Trees, Fiction - General & Miscellaneous

Mighty Tree

by Dick Gackenbach
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Overview

Three very important trees grow from tiny seeds borne by the wind to the forest floor. Dick Gackenbach’s lively, colorful illustrations and simple story convey a timely message about the use and protection of our natural resources. “This pleasant nature story should be welcomed by teachers.”—School Library Journal

Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, each of which serves a different function in nature and for people.

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Editorials

Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot

Three very important trees grow from tiny seeds that the wind blows to the forest floor. This fascinating nature story conveys a timely message about the use and protection of natural resources. Grackenbach's illustrations are similar in approach to time-lapsed photography wherein the book shows the trees' various stages of growth and other related events in the forest. A good choice for science and nature programs.

Children's Literature - Susie Wilde

Young children understand best a world that relates to themselves. In Gackenbach turns his attention to early ecological education, steeping his story in a frame of reference that can be understood by young children. He tells of three trees that grow from seeds and then considers their fates. One tree becomes "paper to draw on, candy wrappers and paper hats." Another becomes a Christmas tree, "filling the hearts of millions of people with kindness and cheer." He judges the last tree to be most important. He offers a long list of all it shelters and ends with a circular image as it releases "its tiny seeds." Playful illustrations are filled with bright colors, festive settings, and excited, involved kids. Judgment is missing and Gackenbach, always respectful of children, leaves room for them to make their own determinations.

Book Details

Published
April 1, 1996
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780152010133

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