With hats off to our friends at the tree-festooned Iowa Arboretum, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Gardens, and Omaha’s Lauritzen Gardens, this list is dedicated to arborists everywhere, professional and amateur … you take care of an essential part of our ecosystem. Thank you. Here’s a list of books for younger and older children, fiction and nonfiction. We hope you’ll savor each one.
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Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Trees of the World Preus tells the true stories of fourteen outstanding trees from around the world, including a bristlecone pine in California that is 4,000 years old and the Tree of One Hundred Horses in England that sheltered the Queen of Aragon and her soldiers during a rainstorm. Back matter includes additional information about tree varieties in the book, a bibliography, and website links. Illustrated throughout this is a charming book for ages 8 and up. |
Cherry Tree In northern India, young Rakhi plants a cherry tree in the Himalayan foothills where fruit trees are sparse. She nurtures it and cares for it and grows older along with the tree. A gentle, reflective story. Ages 3 to 7. |