{"id":7854,"date":"2014-04-21T00:48:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T04:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2021-08-15T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:07:24","slug":"trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trees are wonderful, life-giving, magical, legendary, spooky, and just plain interesting. Think of the Ents from <i>The Lord of the Ring<\/i>, the dryads of Narnia, Robin Hood\u2019s Sherwood Forest, Harry Potter\u2019s Whomping Willow, and Bilbo Baggins\u2019s Party Tree.<\/p>\n<p>See below for the science of trees, tree stories, tree poems, tree art projects, mathematical trees, tree houses, and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98c9feb3fb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98c9feb3fb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/#CELEBRATE_TREES\" >CELEBRATE TREES!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/#TREE_PLANTERS\" >TREE PLANTERS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/2\/#ALL_ABOUT_TREES\" >ALL ABOUT TREES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/3\/#TREE_LESSON_PLANS\" >TREE LESSON PLANS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/3\/#FICTIONAL_TREES\" >FICTIONAL TREES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/4\/#SPOOKY_TREES\" >SPOOKY TREES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/4\/#THROUGH_HISTORY_WITH_TREES\" >THROUGH HISTORY WITH TREES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/4\/#_TREE_POEMS\" >\u00a0TREE POEMS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/4\/#MATHEMATICAL_TREES\" >MATHEMATICAL TREES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/5\/#TREES_AND_ART\" >TREES AND ART<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/trees\/5\/#TREE_HOUSES\" >TREE HOUSES<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CELEBRATE_TREES\"><\/span><b>CELEBRATE TREES!<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12329 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ArborDayFoundation_Stacked_PMS349_0-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ArborDayFoundation_Stacked_PMS349_0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ArborDayFoundation_Stacked_PMS349_0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ArborDayFoundation_Stacked_PMS349_0-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ArborDayFoundation_Stacked_PMS349_0.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>National Arbor Day usually falls on the last Friday in April &#8211; but some states base Arbor Day on their best tree-planting times. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/arborday\/arbordaydates.cfm\">When is Arbor Day in your state?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/\">Arbor Day Foundation<\/a> website for affordable trees, an informational tree guide, resources for connecting kids with nature, forest replanting programs, a history of the holiday, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12330 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/arbor-day-square-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/arbor-day-square-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/arbor-day-square.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Kathryn Galbraith\u2019s <i>Arbor Day Square<\/i> (Peachtree Publishers, 2010), a small Nebraska prairie town has houses and barns, a store, a church, and a school with desks for seventeen children \u2013 but no trees. The townspeople, among them Katie and her father, raise money to order 15 saplings from back East and plant them in the town square. Time passes and the trees grow bigger and taller; Katie grows up, marries, and has a little daughter \u2013 who helps her grandfather plant new trees. An appendix explains the origin of Arbor Day, first celebrated in Nebraska in 1872. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>As of 2013, the United Nations declared March 21 to be the International Day of Forests. From the Huffington Post, see background information and a photo-illustrated list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/03\/21\/international-day-of-forests_n_5009107.html?utm_hp_ref=green\">21 Reasons to Celebrate the Value of Trees<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TREE_PLANTERS\"><\/span><b>TREE PLANTERS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12396 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-will-plant-a-tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-will-plant-a-tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-will-plant-a-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-will-plant-a-tree.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Jerry Palotta\u2019s <i>Who Will Plant a Tree?<\/i> (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010) is a picture-book account of a lot of surprising tree-planters, among them squirrels, bears, geese, ants, and dolphins. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12332 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-for-emmy-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-for-emmy-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-for-emmy-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-for-emmy.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mary Ann Rodman\u2019s <i>A Tree for Emmy<\/i> (Peachtree Publishers, 2009), Emmy wants her own pink-flowered mimosa tree like the one that grows in her grandmother\u2019s yard \u2013 and that Gramma claims is a lot like Emmy herself, \u201cstubborn and strong and a little bit wild.\u201d To her dismay, no garden store sells mimosa trees \u2013 but finally she finds the solution: a little sapling to transplant and nurture on her own. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari-1148x1536.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wangari.jpg 1396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Jeanette Winter, <i>Wangari\u2019s Trees of Peace<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008) is a picture-book biography of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her tree-planting program. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12385 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-1536x1264.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lady-2048x1685.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By H. Joseph Hopkins, <i>The Tree Lady<\/i> (Beach Lane Books, 2013) is the picture-book story of tree-loving activist Kate Sessions, who grew up in California in the 1860s, went to college to study science, and finally moved to the desert town of San Diego, where she established a nursery and populated the town and surrounding area with trees. A great story about a little-known heroine for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-who-planted-trees-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-who-planted-trees-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-who-planted-trees.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Jean Giono\u2019s <i>The Man Who Planted Trees<\/i> (Chelsea Green, 2007) is the story of Elzeard Bouffier who spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day \u2013 through both World Wars I and II \u2013 in a desolate stretch of southern France, eventually transforming the region into a green woodland. A hopeful account of one person making a great difference for ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arvindguptatoys.com\/arvindgupta\/plantedtrees.pdf\">The Man Who Planted Trees<\/a> online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectplantit.com\/\">Project Plant It<\/a> is elementary-school tree planting program. Included at the site are detailed lesson plans, a tree reading list, varied activities for kids, interactive games, and more. You can also request a free tree through the program, though these aren\u2019t always available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>ALL ABOUT TREES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12378 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tap-the-magic-tree.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Christie Matheson\u2019s <i>Tap the Magic Tree<\/i> (Greenwillow, 2013) is a fun interactive read in which kids are first told to tap a picture of a \u00a0bare brown tree and turn the page \u2013 and a green leaf appears. Readers tap, pat, rub, \u201cblow a whooshing breeze,\u201d shake, and close their eyes and count to ten and, as they do, the tree moves through the seasons, hosting a bird nest, sprouting flowers and ripening apples, until apples and leaves fall, and the bare tree is covered in snow. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-nice-large-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-nice-large-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-nice-large.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Janice May Urdry\u2019s Caldecott-winning <i>A Tree is Nice<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1987) is a gentle picture-book account of all the wonderful things about trees \u2013 they fill up the sky, provide shade from the sun, houses for birds, and escape routes for cats. Kids can rake their leaves, climb them, swing from their branches, picnic at their feet. A charmer for ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12351 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-a-nutshell-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-a-nutshell-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-a-nutshell.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Joseph Anthony\u2019s <i>In a Nutshell<\/i> (Dawn Publications, 1999) follows the life cycle of an oak tree, beginning with the fall of one plump little acorn, who lands on the forest floor and begins its struggle to get back to the sun. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12333 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-a-plant-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-a-plant-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-tree-is-a-plant.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Clyde Robert Bulla, <i>A Tree Is a Plant<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2001) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series is a simple introduction to trees (\u201cthe biggest plant that grows\u201d) for ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12380 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-apple-pie-tree-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-apple-pie-tree-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-apple-pie-tree-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-apple-pie-tree.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Zoe Hall\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Apple Pie Tree<\/i>\u00a0(Blue Sky Press, 1996) two little girls watch their backyard apple tree through the seasons of the year, from leafless winter to the buds and blossoms of spring when robins arrive to build a nest, to ripening fruit in summer \u2013 and finally, in fall, harvest and an apple pie. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12370 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seasons-of-arnold-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seasons-of-arnold-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seasons-of-arnold-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seasons-of-arnold.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Gail Gibbons\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Seasons of Arnold\u2019s Apple Tree<\/i>\u00a0(Sandpiper, 1998), the apple tree is Arnold\u2019s special secret place. He builds a snow fort around it and hangs strings of popcorn on its branches for the birds in winter; in spring, he builds a swing; in summer, a treehouse; and in the fall he rakes leaves and picks apples. Included is a recipe for apple pie and an explanation of cider-making. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/apples-all-year-round\/\">Apples<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12384 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-in-the-ancient-forest-resized-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-in-the-ancient-forest-resized-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-in-the-ancient-forest-resized-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-in-the-ancient-forest-resized-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-in-the-ancient-forest-resized.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Carol Reed-Jones\u2019s <i>The Tree in the Ancient Forest<\/i> (Dawn Publications, 1995) is a cumulative environmental rhyme in the style of \u201cThis is the House That Jack Built,\u201d that draws in all plants, animals, and features of the ancient forest. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12368 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Red-Leaf-Ehlert-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Red-Leaf-Ehlert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Red-Leaf-Ehlert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Red-Leaf-Ehlert.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Lois Ehlert\u2019s <i>Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991) is the simple story of a sugar maple from seed to sapling to tree, illustrated with colorful collages that incorporate real maples leaves and seeds. Included are instructions for planting a tree and making bird treats. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tell-me-tree-gibbons-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tell-me-tree-gibbons-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tell-me-tree-gibbons.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Gail Gibbon\u2019s <i>Tell Me, Tree<\/i> is a brightly illustrated introduction to trees covering the parts of trees, types of trees, tree shapes, seeds, bark, and fruit, and uses of trees. Included are attractive labeled diagrams, lots of tree facts, and helpful suggestions for making a personal tree identification book. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12362 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-small-place-in-tree-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-small-place-in-tree-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-small-place-in-tree.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Barbara Brenner\u2019s <i>One Small Place in a Tree<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2004), the \u201csmall place\u201d is a hole in a tree, first scratched out by a bear, then hollowed by timber beetles. As the hole grows larger, it hosts animal after animal \u2013 salamanders, white-footed mice, bluebirds, squirrels, and snakes. For ages 4-8, who will then want to go look for holes in trees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12343 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-1024x849.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-1536x1274.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/from-tree-to-paper-2048x1698.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Pam Marshall\u2019s <i>From Tree to Paper<\/i> (Lerner Classroom, 2013), one of the extensive Start to Finish series, describes the process of papermaking in simple large print, illustrated with color photographs. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometrainingtools.com\/paper-making-science-project-for-elementary\/a\/1626\/\">Paper Making Science Project<\/a> has detailed instructions for making your own recycled paper. (You start with paper scraps, not a tree.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-Make-and-Recycle-Paper\/\">How to make and recycle paper<\/a> from the Instructables website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12371 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-life-of-trees-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-life-of-trees-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-life-of-trees.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Chiara Chevalier\u2019s 48-page <i>The Secret Life of Trees<\/i> (Dorling Kindersley, 1999) is an informative read for beginners, illustrated with terrific color photographs and interesting facts in boxes. Did you know that when you look at a tree, you only see half of it? (The rest is underground.) For ages 5-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12331 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/are-trees-alive-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/are-trees-alive-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/are-trees-alive.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Debbie Miller\u2019s <i>Are Trees Alive?<\/i> (Walker Children\u2019s Books, 2003) \u2013 inspired by a question asked by her young daughter \u2013 explains how trees are remarkably like people: they breathe, eat, and drink; the veins in their leaves are much like those in people\u2019s hands; and their bark is the equivalent of skin. The book also takes readers on a tour of unusual trees around the world, among them the baobab, banyan, cocoa tree, weeping willow, paper birch, and sugar maple. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12335 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/be-a-friend-to-trees-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/be-a-friend-to-trees-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/be-a-friend-to-trees.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Patricia Lauber\u2019s <i>Be a Friend to Trees<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1994) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series explains why trees are important, providing food (fruit, nuts, chocolate), shelter, homes for animals, and \u2013 by way of photosynthesis \u2013 oxygen, which we all need to breathe. Associated activities include planting a tree and recycling paper. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12376 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stories-trees-tell-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stories-trees-tell-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stories-trees-tell.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Susan Coolidge\u2019s <i>The Stories Trees Tell<\/i> (Banjo Dog Press, 2008), five animal pals (Bear, Raccoon, Possum, Snake, and Woodpecker) come up with imaginative explanations for why trees are the way they are. \u201cMeet my friend Chestnut Tree. Look at how her trunk splits and grows sideways. What could have happened to her?\u201d While the five friends come up with their own imaginative explanations, multiple margin notes and photographs tell the actual facts about trees. Included are 15 pages of creative tree-based activities. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12397 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/why-do-leaves-change-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/why-do-leaves-change-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/why-do-leaves-change-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/why-do-leaves-change.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Betsy Maestro\u2019s <i>Why Do Leaves Change Color?<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1994) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, readers learn about the many different shapes of leaves (How many can you find?) and the process of fall color change, starting with chlorophyll and a cross-sectional diagram of a leaf. Included are instructions for making leaf rubbings and a pressed leaf collection. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/trees-leaves-bark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"244\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Diane Burns\u2019s <i>Trees, Leaves, and Bark<\/i> (Cooper Square Publishing, 1995) is one of the \u201cTake Along Guides\u201d for young naturalists. The book introduces kids to 16 different trees and suggests a handful of activities: make a pinecone \u201csnackbar\u201d for birds and a bark rubbing, for example. For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12327 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ancient-ones-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ancient-ones-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ancient-ones.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Barbara Bash\u2019s Tree Tales series (Sierra Club Books for Children) includes <i>Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir<\/i>, <i>Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab<\/i>, and <i>In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree<\/i>. In each, a combination of evocative prose and gorgeous watercolor paintings combine to tell the story of the tree and its surroundings. Readers learn, for example, that the Douglas fir is one of the largest living things on earth, taller than a twenty-story building, and that some live to be a thousand years old. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book-1218x1536.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-book.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Gina Ingoglia\u2019s <i>The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grownups<\/i> (Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2013) first covers trees in general \u2013 why trees are important, why leaves change color, the process of photosynthesis \u2013 and then describes 33 different trees, each in a double-page spread. For each, readers learn about the tree\u2019s anatomy and features, such as leaves, flowers, seeds, fruit, and bark, as well as assorted cool facts. (Ground-up horse chestnuts make great library paste.) For all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seeing-trees-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seeing-trees-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seeing-trees.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Nancy Ross Hugo\u2019s 200+-page <i>Seeing Trees<\/i> (Timber Press, 2011) is a guide to viewing \u2013 that is, <em>really<\/em> looking at \u2013 trees, concentrating on ten common varieties. Lavishly illustrated with fascinating color photographs showing a wealth of unexpected close-up details. Intended for adults, but the pictures are so intriguing that the book can be enjoyed by all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Cornell, <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.dnr.cornell.edu\/ext\/info\/pubs\/misc\/Know%20Your%20Trees.pdf\">Know Your Trees<\/a> is a free downloadable tree identification key.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the New York Times, Olivia Judson\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/actrees.org\/files\/Newsroom\/nytimes_treemendous.pdf\">Tree-mendous<\/a> is a great essay on the meaning and importance of trees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>At Forestry Focus, learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forestryfocus.ie\/social-environmental-aspects\/cultural-heritage\/trees-and-folklore\/sacred-and-magical-trees\/\">Sacred and Magical Trees<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Find out <a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/nature\/climate-weather\/storms\/trees-affect-weather.htm\">How Trees Affect the Weather<\/a> with clear explanations, colorful diagrams, and a tree image gallery. Also included are lists of related links and sources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/chemistry\/2013\/10\/gold-trees-may-hint-buried-treasure\">Gold in Trees May Hint at Buried Treasure<\/a>. Really! Read all about it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>How do trees respond to drought? They call for help. Literally. From National Geographic, read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2013\/04\/130415-trees-drought-water-science-global-warming-sounds\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Kidzone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidzone.ws\/plants\/trees.htm\">Trees<\/a> has basic information about trees, along with printable activities and worksheets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13334 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Amazon-rainforest-shutterstock.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>What\u2019s in the Amazon rain forest? Nearly 400 billion trees belonging to 16,000 different species, according to a new estimate. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/63519\/how-many-trees-are-there-amazon\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13337 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/methuselah-tree-white-mountains-usa-52vo_l-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/methuselah-tree-white-mountains-usa-52vo_l-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/methuselah-tree-white-mountains-usa-52vo_l-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/methuselah-tree-white-mountains-usa-52vo_l-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/methuselah-tree-white-mountains-usa-52vo_l.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/03\/old-tree-gallery\/\">The Oldest Trees on the Planet<\/a> is an annotated photo gallery \u2013 among them the incredible 4765-year-old California Methuselah tree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/treesnap.org\/\">TreeSnap<\/a> citizen science project and help the trees! You&#8217;ll need a love of trees and a smartphone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>TREE LESSON PLANS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13340 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Parts-of-a-Tree.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calforestfoundation.org\/talk-about-trees\">Talk About Trees <\/a>is a collection of nine downloadable lesson plans (with printable worksheets) on such topics as the forest food web, photosynthesis, the water cycle, the carbon cycle, and forest natural disasters. Included are activities, games, and lists of additional resources. Targeted at elementary-level kids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Penn State, <a href=\"http:\/\/ecosystems.psu.edu\/youth\/sftrc\/lesson-plans\/forestry\">Forestry\/Natural Resources Lesson Plans<\/a> is an extensive collection, variously for grades K-5. Titles include Forest Stewardship, The History of Maple Syrup, Seasons of Trees, Trees and Their Parts, Tree Growth, Trees to Paper, Leaf Identification, and Build a Forest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Education World, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/lesson\/lesson309.shtml\">Trees Sprout Classroom Lessons Throughout the Year<\/a> is a collection of five detailed lessons about trees. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/03\/lp309-01.shtml\">How Does Your Tree Measure Up?<\/a>, for example, is a math-based lesson for grades 3-12 in which kids calculate the height of a tree, the area of its leaf cover, the number of leaves on the tree, the average size of a leaf, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforest-alliance.org\/?s=the+rainforest+alliance+curriculum\">Rainforest Alliance Curriculum<\/a> has detailed lesson plans for grades K-8 with many downloadable resources. Topics covered include rainforest trees and animals, coffee and chocolate, biodiversity, deforestation, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13342 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-rings-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-rings-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-rings.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecosystems.psu.edu\/youth\/sftrc\/lesson-plans\/forestry\/6-8\/rings\">It&#8217;s All in the Rings<\/a> is a lesson plan for middle- and high-school-level students on tree growth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>FICTIONAL TREES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12360 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-twiggley-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-twiggley-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-twiggley.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Dorothea Warren Fox, <i>Miss Twiggley\u2019s Tree<\/i> (Purple House Press, 2002) \u2013 originally published in 1966 \u2013 is a perfect delight. Told in bouncy rhyme, it\u2019s the story of the shy and unconventional Miss Twiggley who lives in a tree with her dog and some supportive bears. (\u201cFunny Miss Twiggley\/Lived in a tree\/With a dog named Puss\/And a color TV.\/She did what she liked and she liked what she did\/But when company came\/Miss Twiggley hid.\u201d) When the town is flooded, however, Miss Twiggley (and bears) come to the rescue. For ages 3 and up (and up).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12326 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alphabet-tree-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alphabet-tree-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alphabet-tree.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Leo Lionni\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Alphabet Tree<\/i>\u00a0(Alfred A. Knopf, 1990), each letter has a favorite leaf on the alphabet tree \u2013 until a gale-force wind swoops in and blows them all over the place. The solution is cooperation, as the letters band together to form words. For ages 3-7.<\/p>\n<p>Try making your own alphabet tree!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12377 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stuck-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stuck-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stuck.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Oliver Jeffers\u2019s <i>Stuck<\/i> (Philomel, 2011), when Floyd\u2019s kite becomes stuck in a tree, he hurls things after it, which all become stuck in turn \u2013 shoes, the kitchen sink, a boat, a rhinoceros, a lighthouse, a whale. Hilarious for ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hipx6HJs4XQ\">Stuck<\/a> read by Oliver Jeffers on YouTube.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12341 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fletcher-and-falling-leaves-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fletcher-and-falling-leaves-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fletcher-and-falling-leaves-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fletcher-and-falling-leaves.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Julia Rawlinson\u2019s <i>Fletcher and the Falling Leaves<\/i> (Greenwillow, 2008), Fletcher \u2013 an adorable little fox \u2013 is convinced that his favorite tree is sick: its leaves are turning brown. His mother assures him that this is normal in autumn, but frantic Fletcher isn\u2019t convinced, and as the leaves inevitably fall, he does his best to stick them back on the tree. Finally, despite his best efforts, the last leaf falls \u2013 but when Fletcher next visits his tree, he finds it covered with glittering (with real sparkle) icicles that laugh happily when Fletcher asks the tree if it is all right. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12356 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lorax-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lorax-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lorax.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>The Lorax<\/i> (Random House, 1971) \u2013 which features the Lorax, who speaks for the trees \u2013 may be everyone\u2019s all-time favorite environmental picture book. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dr-seuss-the-lorax-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dr-seuss-the-lorax-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dr-seuss-the-lorax.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The 2012 movie version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1482459\/\">The Lorax<\/a> is rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12364 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/our-tree-named-steve-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/our-tree-named-steve-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/our-tree-named-steve-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/our-tree-named-steve.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Alan Zweibel\u2019s <i>Our Tree Named Steve<\/i> (Puffin, 2007), Steve, the tree, is felled by lightning and the family recalls all that Steve has meant to them over the years, providing everything from a swing to a camp site to a hammock stand for fat Uncle Chester to a meeting place for young lovers. At the end, Steve\u2019s wood becomes a playhouse. Love and loss, with gentle humor, for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12347 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-kapok-tree-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-kapok-tree-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/great-kapok-tree.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Lynne Cherry\u2019s <i>The Great Kapok Tree<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000) is the story of a man who has come to the rain forest to chop down the great kapok tree, but instead falls asleep at its foot. As he sleeps, animal after animal arrives to plead for the life of the tree \u2013 snakes, monkeys, birds, frogs, butterflies, and a jaguar all join in \u2013 and when the man awakes, now knowing the importance of the tree to so many creatures, he shoulders his ax and walks away. A beautiful and thought-provoking picture book for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Find out about the kapok tree and more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforest-alliance.org\/articles\/5-tree-species-we-love\">Rainforest Alliance<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12381 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bee-tree-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bee-tree-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bee-tree.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Patricia Polacco\u2019s <i>The Bee Tree<\/i> (Puffin, 1998), Mary Ellen is tired of reading and wants to go outdoors \u2013 so her grandfather decides that it\u2019s the perfect time to hunt for a bee tree. Soon they\u2019ve gathered a crowd of people and animals following behind them, all out to find some honey. (There\u2019s also a nice little moral at the end about the joys of reading.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12353 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-trees-honeybees-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-trees-honeybees-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-trees-honeybees.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Lori Mortensen\u2019s <i>In the Trees, Honey Bees!<\/i> (Dawn Publications, 2009) is a simple rhyming account of the life of a wild bee colony living in a bee tree; fact boxes provide more information for older children. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/the-buzz-on-bees\/\">The Buzz on Bees.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12340 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farewell-to-shady-glade-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farewell-to-shady-glade-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farewell-to-shady-glade.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Bill Peet\u2019s <i>Farewell to Shady Glade<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1981), a host of forest animals, led by a raccoon, are about to lose their home to land developers with bulldozers. They set out by train to find a new home. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12349 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-1536x1320.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/house-held-up-by-trees-2048x1760.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Ted Kooser\u2019s <i>House Held Up by Trees<\/i> (Candlewick, 2012), a man struggles to keep his yard free of tree seedlings, while his children play in the woods adjoining his property. Finally the children grow up, the man leaves the house, and the property is abandoned \u2013 at which point the trees take over and slowly, inexorably, surround the house, hold it together, and lift it off the ground. A story of the power of the wild for ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12382 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-fall-of-freddie-the-leaf-original-imafaama5azram97-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-fall-of-freddie-the-leaf-original-imafaama5azram97-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-fall-of-freddie-the-leaf-original-imafaama5azram97-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-fall-of-freddie-the-leaf-original-imafaama5azram97.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Leo Buscaglia\u2019s <i>The Fall of Freddie the Leaf<\/i> (Slack, Inc., 1982) is a gentle explanation of the nature of death, through the tale of Freddie, a leaf whose time has come to fall. For ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12365 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pearl-moscowitz-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pearl-moscowitz-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pearl-moscowitz.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Arthur Levine\u2019s <i>Pearl Moscowitz\u2019s Last Stand<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin, 2000), feisty Pearl goes into action when the city threatens to cut down the last lone gingko tree on her multicultural urban block. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12346 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/giving-tree-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/giving-tree-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/giving-tree.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The star of Shel Silverstein\u2019s <i>The Giving Tree<\/i> (Harper &amp; Row, 2014) is a kind and generous tree who loves a little boy. At first, he plays with her leaves and climbs on her branches; then as he grows older, he demands more and more from the tree: her apples to bring him money; her branches to build a house; her trunk to build a boat. Finally, the man is old and the tree has nothing more to give him \u2013 except her stump, which provides a place to sit. There he sits, \u201cand the tree was happy.\u201d A discussion-promoter for ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE\">The Giving Tree<\/a> on YouTube narrated by Shel Silverstein.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the Teaching Children Philosophy website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prindleinstitute.org\/books\/the-giving-tree\/\">The Giving Tree<\/a> page has a summary, background guidelines for philosophical discussion, and a list of questions for readers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12358 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/minpins-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/minpins-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/minpins.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Roald Dahl\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Minpins<\/i>\u00a0(Puffin, 2009), Little Billy \u2013 despite awful warnings from his mother \u2013 goes into the Forest of Sin where, living in the tops of the trees, he discovers the Minpins, an entire village of miniature people who scamper around in the branches wearing little green boots equipped with suction cups. They are terrified by a monster, the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher, and when Billy manages to dispatch it, he ends up with a liberating reward (magical nightly rides on the back of a swan). For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-768x1050.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-1123x1536.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths-1497x2048.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DAulaires-Norse-myths.jpg 1523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Ingri and Edgar Parin D\u2019Aulaire, <i>D\u2019Aulaires\u2019 Book of Norse Myths<\/i> (New York Review Children\u2019s Collection, 2005) is a marvelously illustrated collection of tales of Norse gods, goddesses, and giants, including the story of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12391 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/treehorn-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/treehorn-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/treehorn.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Florence Parry Heide\u2019s <i>Treehorn\u2019s Treasure<\/i> (Pomegranate, 2011), Treehorn stashes his allowance in a hole in a tree and discovers that the tree is now sprouting dollar bills. His parents, however, refuse to believe him. Heide\u2019s Treehorn stories are gems, starring the commonsensical Treehorn, who deals calmly with fantastic situations, and his oblivious parents. With great illustrations by Edward Gorey. For ages 7 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12337 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chocolate-tree-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chocolate-tree-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chocolate-tree.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Linda Lowery\u2019s <i>The Chocolate Tree<\/i> (Millbrook Press, 2009) is a retelling of a Mayan folktale about how the god Kukulkan brought the gift of chocolate to the people \u2013 in spite of the protests of the other gods, notably Kukulkan\u2019s brother, Night Jaguar. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For more on chocolate and the chocolate tree, see Robert Burleigh\u2019s nonfiction <i>Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest<\/i> (Harry N. Abrams, 2002). For ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For many more chocolate resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/chocolate-its-not-just-for-valentines-day-2\/\">Chocolate<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12359 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-hickory-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-hickory-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/miss-hickory.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The main character of Carolyn Sherwin Bailey\u2019s <i>Miss Hickory<\/i> (Puffin, 1977), which won the Newbery Award in 1947, is a doll \u2013 a notably cross and cantankerous doll \u2013 whose body is made from an apple-wood twig and head from a hickory nut. Left behind when her owners move to Boston, Miss Hickory must fend for herself during the cold New Hampshire winter. She does so, with the help of assorted animals, and even eventually begins to amend her not-always-admirable ways. At the end, however \u2013 SPOILER \u2013 a squirrel eats Miss Hickory\u2019s head, at which point she has an epiphany about the meaning of her life; her headless twig body then wanders off and is grafted onto an apple tree, where it begins to grow. Many people love this book; I have mixed feelings about it, having been horrified when I was eight by Miss Hickory\u2019s sudden end. A discussion-promoter for ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12375 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/song-of-the-trees-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/song-of-the-trees-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/song-of-the-trees-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/song-of-the-trees-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/song-of-the-trees.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mildred D. Taylor\u2019s <i>Song of the Trees<\/i> (Puffin, 2003), the Logan family of Mississippi \u2013 in a prequel to <i>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry<\/i> \u2013 struggles with poverty, racism, the Depression, and the absence of Papa, who has gone to Louisiana to make money working for the railroad. Cassie, however, finds comfort from the great trees that surround their house, that seem to her to sing a special song (though others say it\u2019s just the wind). Then Mr. Andersen, a local white businessman, tries to force Cassie\u2019s Big Ma to sell the beloved trees for lumber. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12389 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-girl-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-girl-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-girl.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In T.A. Barron\u2019s <i>Tree Girl<\/i> (Philomel, 2001), all nine-year-old Anna knows of her past is that crochety Master Mellwyn found her as a baby, lying in the roots of a willow tree. Now he warns her to stay away from the forest, which he claims is full of threatening tree ghouls \u2013 but Anna is drawn to the forest, believing it holds the secret of her mother. A short chapter fantasy for ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/regarding-trees-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/regarding-trees-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/regarding-trees.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Kate Klise\u2019s <i>Regarding the Trees<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007), the principal of Geyser Creek Middle School wants to trim trees on the school property, and so enlists the help of Ms. Florence Waters (first encountered in Klise\u2019s <i>Regarding the Fountain<\/i>). Many misunderstandings ensue. The story is told through a creative mix of letters, announcements, newspaper clippings, and the like, with a lot of intercalated info about real trees, family trees, and Italian. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12363 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/operation-redwood-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/operation-redwood-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/operation-redwood.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In S. Terrell French\u2019s <i>Operation Redwood<\/i> (Amulet, 2011), 12-year-old Julian discovers by means of an intercepted email (calling his uncle a world-class jerk) that his uncle\u2019s company plans to cut down a grove of old-growth California redwood trees. In company with new homeschooled friend Robin \u2013 who lives near the grove \u2013 Julian and friends embark on a campaign to save the trees. A great eco-adventure for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12339 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dolls-house-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dolls-house-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dolls-house.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The star of Rumer Godden\u2019s <i>The Doll\u2019s House<\/i> (Puffin, 1976) is Tottie Plantagenet, a little wooden doll, who in times of trouble remembers the tree from which she was made, standing tall against the storm. (\u201cA little of that tree is in me,\u201d thought Tottie.) Tottie needs all her tree\u2019s bravery and determination when she and her family run up against the elegant, but evil, Marchpane. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12398 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishtree.jpg 1218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The narrator of Katherine Applegate&#8217;s <em>Wishtree<\/em> (Feiwel and Friends, 2018) is a tree: a red oak known as Red. Red, large-hearted and witty, is home to a host of animals &#8211; and is loved by humans who, each year, hang wishes on his branches. Then a Muslim family moves to the neighborhood and someone takes a screwdriver and carves the word LEAVE on Red&#8217;s trunk. A lovely story about tolerance, acceptance, and welcome, told by a wonderful tree. For ages 7-12. But really for everybody.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12372 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-tree-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-tree-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-tree-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-tree-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-tree.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Natalie Standiford\u2019s <i>The Secret Tree<\/i> (Scholastic, 2014), ten-year-old Minty discovers the Secret Tree \u2013 a strange hollow tree filled with slips of paper holding people\u2019s secrets. (\u201cI put a curse on my enemy. And it\u2019s working.\u201d) Minty sets out to solve the mystery of the secrets, struggles to understand the strange goings-on around town (what about the weird inhabitant of the Witch House?), befriends a parentless boy named Raymond, and deals with the ups and downs of friends and family. A coming-of-age story for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12344 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-768x1182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-998x1536.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain-1330x2048.jpg 1330w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/george-jean-craighead-my-side-of-the-mountain.jpg 1624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Jean Craighead George\u2019s <i>My Side of the Mountain<\/i> (Puffin, 2004), young Sam Gribley \u2013 miserable in the crowded city \u2013 runs away to the Catskill Mountains where he sets up house in a hollow tree. He copes with difficulties and dangers, makes unexpected friends \u2013 including a young falcon and a lost-in-the-woods English professor (who calls Sam \u201cThoreau\u201d). A wonderful story of adventure and independence for ages 9-12. (The first of a trilogy.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12388 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/toby-alone-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/toby-alone-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/toby-alone.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>Toby Alone<\/i>\u00a0by Timoth\u00e9e de Fombelle (Candlewick Press, 2009) features a world of extremely small \u2013 no more than two millimeters tall &#8211; people who live in a vast oak known simply as the Tree. The tree is in political and social turmoil: thirteen-year-old Toby\u2019s scientist parents have been captured and imprisoned, and he is alone and on the run. The root of the problem is politician\/industrialist Joe Mitch, who is bent on exploiting the sap of the Tree for business purposes \u2013 a project that will inevitably kill it. Despite its minuscule characters, the book has more in common with\u00a0<i>1984<\/i>\u00a0than\u00a0<i>The Borrowers<\/i>. This is a complex and sometimes violent story about the uses and abuses of power, and the consequences of environmental destruction. A thought-provoking read for ages 12 and up. The sequel \u2013 you\u2019ll want it, since\u00a0<i>Toby Alone<\/i>\u00a0ends with a cliffhanger \u2013 is\u00a0<i>Toby and the Secrets of the Tree<\/i>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12390 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-grows-in-brooklyn.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Betty Smith\u2019s <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn<\/i> (HarperPerennial, 2006) \u2013 originally published in 1943 \u2013 is the wonderful coming-of-age story of young Francie Nolan, growing up in the slums of turn-of-the-century New York City. A recurring metaphor is that of the Tree of Heaven \u2013 the ailanthus \u2013 a tree so tough and determined that it manages to sprout and thrive in the unwelcoming cement of city streets. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12399 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/word-for-world-is-forest-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/word-for-world-is-forest-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/word-for-world-is-forest.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s <i>The Word for World is Forest<\/i> (Tor Books, 2010), humans have taken over the tree-covered planet of Athshe, whose small furry green inhabitants pursue a peaceful lifestyle that involves a state of lucid dreaming \u2013 \u201cdream-time\u201d \u2013 and ritual singing. Enslaved by the invaders, the Athsheans finally revolt. There are analogies to the treatment of native Americans by the Europeans and to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. A powerful book for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13335 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/avatar-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/avatar-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/avatar.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>There are similar themes in James Cameron\u2019s 2009 film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0499549\/\">Avatar<\/a>, in which humans are exploiting the planet Pandora for a rare mineral (unobtanium) and in the process are destroying the native inhabitants, the Na\u2019vi, tall blue-skinned humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship the Hometree. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>SPOOKY TREES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12345 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ghost-eye-tree-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ghost-eye-tree-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ghost-eye-tree.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault,\u00a0<i>The Ghost-Eye Tree<\/i>\u00a0(Square Fish, 1988) is a story-poem about a little boy and his older sister, sent out at night to fetch a bucket of milk, which involves passing the the truly creepy Ghost-Eye tree (\u201cfeared by all\/the great and small\u201d). The little boy wears his special hat, which makes him feel safer, even though his sister tells him it makes him look stupid. An owl panics them; he loses the hat; and his sister bravely goes back to retrieve it. A wonderfully illustrated account of being scared of the dark by a very spooky tree. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12348 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/halloween-tree-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/halloween-tree-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/halloween-tree.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Ray Bradbury\u2019s <i>The Halloween Tree<\/i> (Yearling, 1999) is the eerie tale of eight boys on Halloween night, headed for a haunted house \u2013 where they meet the skeletal Mr. Moundshroud and encounter the Halloween tree, hung with grinning jack-o-lanterns. The book traces the history of Halloween customs from the ancient Egyptians to the Mexican Day of the Dead. Eerie and wonderful for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/27399\/madagascars-legendary-man-eating-tree\">Madagascar\u2019s Legendary Man-eating Tree<\/a> is a hoax, dating to 1881. But it\u2019s still an interesting story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>THROUGH HISTORY WITH TREES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12386 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lyons-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lyons-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-lyons.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>By author\/musician Dana Lyons, <i>The Tree<\/i> (Illumination Arts, 2002) is told in the voice of an ancient Douglas fir: \u201cFor eight hundred years I have lived here\/Through the wind, the fire, and the snow.\u201d An inspiration for young environmentalists, illustrated with wonderful pictures of awesome trees. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12387 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-ruelle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-ruelle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-ruelle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-tree-ruelle.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Karen Gray Ruelle\u2019s <i>The Tree<\/i> (Holiday House, 2008) is a journey through time with the oldest elm tree in New York City, which sprouted 250 years ago on land that is now part of Madison Square Park. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12392 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-in-trail-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-in-trail-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-in-trail.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Holling C. Holling\u2019s <i>Tree in the Trail<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990) \u2013 originally published in 1942 &#8211; is a 200+-year history of the Santa Fe Trail as experienced by a cottonwood tree, from the buffalo and Kansa Indians to the Spanish conquistadors, French trappers, and Conestoga wagon trains. Heavily illustrated with colorful paintings, sketches, maps, and diagrams. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12367 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/puck-1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/puck-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/puck-1.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Rudyard Kipling\u2019s classic <i>Puck of Pook\u2019s Hill<\/i> \u2013 available in many editions \u2013 Dan and Una are performing a version of <i>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/i> when Puck himself appears. Puck \u2013 who swears by the ancient English trees, oak and ash and thorn \u2013 magically conjures up people and stories from old English history for the children: Normans and Saxons, Roman soldiers and Picts, Vikings, explorers, and pirates, the signing of the Magna Carta. Included are wonderful poems, among them \u201dA Tree Song,\u201d \u201cA Smuggler\u2019s Song,\u201d and \u201cThe Bee-Boy\u2019s Song.\u201d For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Read <i>Puck of Pook\u2019s Hill<\/i> online here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/557\/557-h\/557-h.htm\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>TREE POEMS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12354 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leaves-on-the-trees-poems-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leaves-on-the-trees-poems-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leaves-on-the-trees-poems.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Thom Wiley\u2019s <i>The Leaves on the Trees<\/i> (Cartwheel Books, 2011) can be sung to the tune of \u201cThe Wheels on the Bus\u201d \u2013 \u201cThe leaves on the tree are falling down\/falling down\/falling down\/Autumn is here!\u201d For ages 3-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks-1637x2048.jpg 1637w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/old-elm-speaks.jpg 1726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Kristine O\u2019Connell George, <i>Old Elm Speaks<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007) is an illustrated collection of short poems celebrating trees. \u201cOak\u2019s Introduction,\u201d for example, speaks directly to the reader: \u201cI\u2019ve been wondering\/when you\u2019d notice\/me standing here. I\u2019ve been waiting\/watching you\/grow taller. I have grown too\/My branches\/are strong. Step closer.\/Let\u2019s see\/how high\/you can\/climb.\u201d For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12342 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/forest-has-a-song.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Amy Ludwig VanDerwater\u2019s <i>Forest Has a Song<\/i> (Clarion Books, 2013) is a collection of 26 short poems about the forest and its inhabitants, from chickadees and frogs to moss and trees. Illustrated with lovely stylized watercolor paintings. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12394 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-that-time-built-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-that-time-built-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tree-that-time-built.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston, <i>The Tree That Time Built<\/i> (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2009) is an illustrated collection of over 100 poems about the natural world by such poets as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Eve Merriam, and Ogden Nash. See the \u201cThink Like a Tree\u201d section for many poems about trees. For ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See Joyce Kilmer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/12744\/trees\">Trees<\/a>, which begins \u201cI think that I shall never see\/A poem lovely as a tree.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Pair it with Ogden Nash\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/8496621-Song-of-the-Open-Road-by-Ogden-Nash\">Song of the Open Road<\/a>. You\u2019ll see why.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>I&#8217;ve always loved Philip Larkin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/The-Trees\">The Trees<\/a>. (&#8220;Last year is dead, they seem to say\/Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.&#8221;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>MATHEMATICAL TREES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/factor-tree-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/factor-tree-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/factor-tree-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/factor-tree-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/factor-tree.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>At the Math Playground, experiment with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathplayground.com\/factortrees.html\">Factor Trees<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the American Mathematical Society, learn all about the many different kinds of mathematical trees at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ams.org\/samplings\/feature-column\/fcarc-trees\">Trees: A Mathematical Tool for All Seasons<\/a>. For older students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13343 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/vi-hart-doodle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/vi-hart-doodle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/vi-hart-doodle.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>With Vi Hart&#8217;s Doodling in Math Class, learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4MSN6IImpI\">Binary Trees.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/map.mathshell.org\/materials\/download.php?fileid=1239\">Counting Trees<\/a> is an excellent math lesson on estimation based on a tree farm. Included are printable worksheets, data sheets, and questionnaires.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>TREES AND ART<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/picture-a-tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/picture-a-tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/picture-a-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/picture-a-tree-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/picture-a-tree.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Barbara Reid\u2019s <i>Picture a Tree<\/i> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 2013) points out that \u201cThere is more than one way to picture a tree\u201d \u2013 as a \u201csun umbrella\u201d or a high-rise apartment for birds and animals; as a baby, a teenager, or a grandfather; as a \u201cwild good-bye party\u201d as its brilliantly colored leaves blow away in the wind in fall. Wonderful creative illustrations modeled in Plasticine. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kiddaXf0IVE\">Creating Picture a Tree<\/a> is a YouTube video showing how Reid\u2019s Plasticine illustrations are put together.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12355 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-1527x1536.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/look-what-I-did-with-leaf-2037x2048.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Morteza E. Sohi, <i>Look What I Did with a Leaf!<\/i> (Walker Children\u2019s Books, 1995) has great suggestions for making collage animals \u2013 butterflies, fish, peacocks, cows \u2013 with leaves. Included are instructions, a simple identification guide, and an account of the life cycle of a leaf. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12374 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sky-tree-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sky-tree-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sky-tree-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sky-tree.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Thomas Locker and Candace Christiansen\u2019s\u00a0<i>Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art<\/i>\u00a0(HarperCollins, 2001) traces a single tree through the seasons of the year, pairing Locker\u2019s gorgeous oil paintings with a brief descriptive text. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13339 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/newspaper-tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/newspaper-tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/newspaper-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/newspaper-tree-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/newspaper-tree.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Steve Spangler Science, find out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/lab\/experiments\/how-to-make-a-newspaper-tree\">How To Make a Newspaper Tree<\/a>. You\u2019ll need newspaper, scissors, tape, and a cardboard tube.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kirigami-kids-cutting-tree-flower-tutorial-make-handmade-1231d260e41ba-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kirigami-kids-cutting-tree-flower-tutorial-make-handmade-1231d260e41ba-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kirigami-kids-cutting-tree-flower-tutorial-make-handmade-1231d260e41ba-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kirigami-kids-cutting-tree-flower-tutorial-make-handmade-1231d260e41ba-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kirigami-kids-cutting-tree-flower-tutorial-make-handmade-1231d260e41ba.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/03\/lp309-03.shtml\">Kirigami: The Ancient Art of Paper Cutting<\/a> for a lesson in how to make a stylized kirigami tree.<\/p>\n<p>Also from WikiHow, see how to make a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Make-a-Paper-Tree-for-Kids\">paper 3-D tree.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"249\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From the Incredible @rt Department, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredibleart.org\/lessons\/middle\/carr_trees.html\">Emily Carr Trees<\/a> is an art project in which participants make watercolor paintings based on the tree landscapes of Canadian artist Emily Carr.<\/p>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepspacesparkle.com\/emily-carr-art-lessons\/\">Emily Carr Art Lessons<\/a> from Deep Space Sparkle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/education\/resources-for-educators\/classroom-resources\/lessons-and-activities\/lessons\/6-8\/trees-in-nature-and-art\/\">Trees in Nature and Art<\/a> is an interactive online lesson plan in which kids (in grades 5-8) explore the use of trees in the arts, learn about the science of forestry, collect leaves, create leaf-based art, and write tree poems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>On Pinterest, see this particularly gorgeous collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/momteachesart\/tree-art-lesson-ideas\/\">Tree Art Lesson Ideas<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Busy Bee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybeekidscrafts.com\/Tree-Crafts-for-Kids.html\">Tree Crafts for Kids<\/a> include an Autumn Tree Collage, a flip-book-style seasonal Changing Tree, a Falling Leaves project (the leaves really fall), a Japanese Cherry Tree picture, Tie-Dyed Leaves, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From First Palette, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpalette.com\/Craft_themes\/Nature\/dioramaplants\/dioramaplants.html\">Making Plants and Trees for a Diorama<\/a> has step-by-step instructions for making great plants, flowers, and trees from paper, crepe paper, and craft foam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mod-podge-tree-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mod-podge-tree-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mod-podge-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mod-podge-tree.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The Crafty Crow\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/belladia.typepad.com\/crafty_crow\/2010\/06\/craft-theme-trees.html\">Trees!<\/a> has an assortment of great tree crafts, including 3-D paper trees and a mod podged hand tree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticfunandlearning.com\/tree-activities-for-kids.html\">Tree Activities for Kids<\/a> is a long list including science explorations, craft projects, paintings, and learning and book-related activities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From DLTK\u2019s Crafts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/crafts\/arborday\/martwork.htm\">Famous Art Work: Tree Themes<\/a> has images of works by famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O\u2019Keeffe, and Gustav Klimt,\u00a0 and coloring pages and art projects based on their trees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetpals.com\/craft_recycle_arborday_earthday_tree.html\">Recycled Paper Trees<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4tunate.net\/2011\/10\/5-fall-tree-crafts-for-kids\/\">Fall Tree Crafts for Kids<\/a> include a Fingerprint Fall Tree, Marshmallow Stamped Apple Trees, and Button Branches.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>TREE HOUSES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12352 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-treehouse-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-treehouse-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/in-the-treehouse.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Andrew Larsen\u2019s <i>In the Tree House<\/i> (Kids Can Press, 2013) is a story of two brothers, a tree house, and growing up. Narrated by the younger boy, the book describes how the family moved to a new house with a very tall tree, made plans for a spectacular tree house, and finally built one \u2013 and there the kids had great times. Then the older brother stopped visiting the tree house, preferring to hang out with new friends \u2013 until one night there\u2019s a power outage. Together again, the boys have one more happy night in the tree house. A sweet and nostalgic story for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12328 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-1204x1536.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry-1605x2048.jpg 1605w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/andrew-henry.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Doris Burn\u2019s <i>Andrew Henry\u2019s Meadow<\/i> (Philomel, 2012), originally published in 1965, Andrew Henry\u2019s inventions wreak so much havoc at home that, feeling unwanted and unloved, he sets off in search of a place of his own. He finds a sequestered meadow where he builds himself a wonderful little house. Soon other kids show up and he builds houses for them too, all peculiarly suited to their hobbies \u2013 Alice, a bird-lover, for example, gets a fabulous tree house surrounded by birdbaths and feeders, with a balcony just for bird-watching. Eventually the kids\u2019 parents miss them and come to find them \u2013 and finally Andrew Henry, now appreciated, is given his own basement workshop at home. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boxcar-treehouse-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boxcar-treehouse-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boxcar-treehouse.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Gertrude Chandler Warner\u2019s <i>Tree House Mystery<\/i> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 1990), 14<sup>th<\/sup> in the Boxcar Children series, the four children acquire a tree house and a spyglass, and discover a mysterious secret room in the house next door. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12325 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-993x1536.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-story-treehouse.jpg 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Andy Griffiths&#8217;s <em>The 13-Story Treehouse<\/em> (Feiwel and Friends, 2013), Andy and Terry live in the world&#8217;s most spectacular tree house &#8211; 13 stories of it, complete with bowling alley, shark tank, theatre, secret underground laboratory, and marshmallow machine. Zany adventures, lots of humor, and cartoon illustrations. Several sequels in which the treehouse gets ever bigger. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12350 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-buiild-treehouses-stiles-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-buiild-treehouses-stiles-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-buiild-treehouses-stiles-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-buiild-treehouses-stiles-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-buiild-treehouses-stiles.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>David Stiles\u2019s <i>How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts<\/i> (Lyons Press, 2003) provides detailed instructions for building an exciting range of kid-friendly structures, among them treehouses, a lookout tower, and (got snow?) an igloo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees are wonderful, life-giving, magical, legendary, spooky, and just plain interesting. 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