Review: The Tree

The Tree 

Written by Dana Lyons 

Illustrated by David Danioth

The Tree is a beautifully illustrated book that children and adults will want to look at and read again and again, planting the seeds of appreciation for all the earth has to offer. The story is simple, but profound ... the haunting song of an ancient Douglas fir, living its life-cycle in the Pacific Rain Forest, speaking to the connection between all things on Earth: "For eight hundred years I have lived here/ through the wind, the fire and the snow."   

A memorable, inspiration and revealing book about the joy a tree feels giving life, shade, sustenance, and comfort and the connect that we can have with them.  Each page requires a quiet moment of reflection and the art provides many details that take time to discover ... A butterfly, wolves in the clouds, an owl, dragonfly and a bald eagle among many.

I cannot say enough good things about The Tree. I highly recommend it.  It is a book to be treasured and reread for years to come and I will definitely pass this book on to my children, grandchildren and so on.  

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