Trees

Trees as Sanctuary

Children will see trees as friends and as home through the voices of children, parents, grandparents and genera ons before. Trees not only provide shelter to living creatures, they also bear witness to a young child’s growth, societal progress, and genera ons of lives lived, lost, and saved. They serve as roots marking our ancestry, a memorial to societies long gone, and a keeper of secrets to those who find sanctuary in its shadowy branches.

Trees as Sanctuary
Trees as Sanctuary

A Tree Is Nice

By Janice May Udry
Illustrated by Marc Simont

1987

Trees as Sanctuary

Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir

By Barbara Bash
Illustrated by Barbara Bash

2002

Trees as Sanctuary

Butterfly Tree

By Sandra Markle
Illustrated by Leslie Wu

2011

Trees as Sanctuary

Chavela and the Magic Bubble

By Monica Brown
Illustrated by Magaly Morales

2010

Trees as Sanctuary

El Regalo de Fernando (Fernando’s Gift)

By Douglas Keister

2004

Trees as Sanctuary

Grandma Lim’s Persimmons

By Sunita Lad Bhamray
Illustrated by Marjorie Van Heerden

2013

Trees as Sanctuary

Grandpa Green

By Lane Smith

2011

Trees as Sanctuary

Homeland Trees

By Various Authors
Illustrated by Various Artists

2015

Trees as Sanctuary

In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree

By Barbara Bash

1996

Trees as Sanctuary

In The Tree House

By Andrew Larsen
Illustrated by Dusan Petricic

2013

Trees as Sanctuary

Lost in the Gardens

By J.H. Low

2015

Trees as Sanctuary

Maple

By Lori Nichols

2014

Trees as Sanctuary

Maple and Willow Together

By Lori Nichols

2014

Trees as Sanctuary

Moon Forest

By Patricia MacCarthy

2013

Trees as Sanctuary

Naomi’s Tree

By Joy Kogawa
Illustrated by Ruth Ohi

2008

Trees as Sanctuary

Night in the Gardens

By J.H. Low

2016

Trees as Sanctuary

Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

By Uma Krishnaswam

2010

Trees as Sanctuary

Rainforest Hike and Other Stories

By Cecilia Leong
Illustrated by Chooi Ling Keiong

2015

Trees as Sanctuary

Rainforest Surprise

By Samantha Ong
Illustrated by Low Khay Yhooi

2010

Trees as Sanctuary

Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree

By Naoko Stoop

1964

Trees as Sanctuary

Sequioa

By Tony Johnston
Illustrated by Wendell Minor

2014

Trees as Sanctuary

The Bee Tree

By Patricia Polacco

1998

Trees as Sanctuary

The Birthday Tree

By Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Barry Root

2008

Trees as Sanctuary

The Curious Garden

By Peter Brown

2009

Trees as Sanctuary

The Elephant and the Tree

By Lee Jin Pyn

2009

Trees as Sanctuary

The Giving Tree

By Shel Silverstein

1964

Trees as Sanctuary

The Grandad Tree

By Trish Cooke
Illustrated by Sharon Wilson

2000

Trees as Sanctuary

The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story

By Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran

2005

Trees as Sanctuary

The Mango Tree

By Hidayah Amin
Illustrated by Idris Ali

2013

Trees as Sanctuary

The Old Tree

By Ruth Brown

2007

Trees as Sanctuary

The Paradise Garden

By Colin Thompson

1998

Trees as Sanctuary

The Spirit of the Baobab Tree

By Dionne Champion
Illustrated by Sherice Grant

2008

Trees as Sanctuary

The Tree House

By Marjorie Tolman
Illustrated by Ronald Tolman

2010

Trees as Sanctuary

The Tree House That Jack Built

By Bonnie Verburg
Illustrated by Mark Teague

2014

Trees as Sanctuary

The Tree in the Ancient Forest

By Carol Reed-Jones
Illustrated by Christopher Caynon

1996

Trees as Sanctuary

The Trees in the Garden

By Cheewan Wisasa
Illustrated by Preeda Panyachand

1998

Trees as Sanctuary

Thea’s Tree

By Judith Clay

2014

Trees as Sanctuary

There Was a Tree

By Rachel Isadora
Illustrated by Nancy Paulsen Books

2012

Trees as Sanctuary

Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab

By Barbara Bash

2002

Trees as Sanctuary

Up in the Tree

By Margaret Atwood

2010

Trees as Sanctuary

Walking Into Mangrove Forest

By Samantha Ong
Illustrated by Low Khay Yhooi

2010

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