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Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesnt stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.
List of contents
- A tree is food.
- A tree is comfort.
- A tree is music.
- A tree is art.
- A tree is fun.
- A tree is home.
- A tree is life
About the author
HARRIET ZIEFERT is a former elementary school teacher from North Bergen, New Jersey. A graduate of Smith College, she also holds an MA in Education from NYU. She is the bestselling author of more than 250 children’s books and has developed easy-to-read series for several major publishing houses. As founder of Blue Apple Books, she has published over 500 titles, many of which have become best-selling modern classics. Harriet Ziefert continues to create and publish books from her home, where she now lives, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where she is surrounded by trees.
BRIAN FITZGERALD is an internationally recognized, award-winning illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Ireland's National College of Art and Design and has also worked on publishing, editorial, and design projects. Brian Fitzgerald lives and works in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin.
Summary
What gives you a seat, a floor for your feet?
A place you can sit with your family to eat?
The pum-pum of a drum, a guitar’s twangy strum . . .
Tree wood makes music zing, ping, and hum.
Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesn’t stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees – and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.
Kids will view their backyards and parks in a whole new light after going on an arboreal eco-tour in this gorgeous paean to trees.
This book is printed on responsibly sourced, 100% recycled FSC paper.
Foreword
- Outreach to reviewers, media, and influencers
- Digital review copies available on Edelweiss
- Social media pre-sales campaign (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
- Social media paid-advertising campaign at on sale
- Special Earth Day and Arbor Day promotions
- VIP mailing to key social media influencers, teachers, bookstores, and librarians
- Trade advertising in Publishers Weekly
- Featured title on Vooks.com (1.3M subscribers)
- Featured title on TeachingBooks.net with resources
- Free downloadable activity/resource guide
- Publicity outreach through Blue Slip Media & Publisher Spotlight
- Promotion at book trade and school and library conferences
- Lexile and Guided Reading leveling provided
- Author Interview for online distribution
- E-newsletter feature
- Ongoing social media activity to build awareness
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"Narrated in rhyming couplets that scan well, this book manages to pack a lot of thought-provoking concepts into a short format in a cohesive, engaging way. Fitzgerald's colorful, stylized digital illustrations brim with outdoorsy charm and highlight the many beautiful textures and grain patterns of trees barks and cut wood. Arboreal adoration that will indeed leave readers feeling thankful for our wooded world." – Kirkus Reviews
"Via jaunty rhyming tributes, Ziefert offers up plentiful reason to be grateful for trees. . . make(s) for an upbeat read aloud. Fitzgerald''s confident digital illustrations embrace Ziefert's vision simply. . . the books' overall focus is more squarely on the essential, overlooked roles that trees play." – Publisher's Weekly
"Cheerful couplets and repetitive phrases, excellent for reading aloud, explain how trees serve as food, comfort, music, and more. Fitzgerald's colorful illustrations depict diverse humans of varying skin tones enjoying a range of activities, as well as numerous animals and ecosystems thriving, all made possible by trees. . . this celebratory ode that encourages readers to explore and appreciate nature is a welcome addition to most collections." – School Library Journal
Ziefert's informative, rhyming text is sure to keep readers engaged throughout as well as prompt fruitful discussions and STEM lessons after the book is complete. Fitzgerald's colorful, digital illustrations portray diverse individuals reveling in nature and joyfully captures the beauty of nature. . . . A spectacular story for budding scientists, environmentalists, and nature lovers." – Olivia the Librarian
