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.
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A Tree Is Nice
By Janice May UdryIllustrated by Marc Simont

Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir
By Barbara BashIllustrated by Barbara Bash

Butterfly Tree
By Sandra MarkleIllustrated by Leslie Wu

Chavela and the Magic Bubble
By Monica BrownIllustrated by Magaly Morales

El Regalo de Fernando (Fernando’s Gift)
By Douglas Keister
Grandma Lim’s Persimmons
By Sunita Lad BhamrayIllustrated by Marjorie Van Heerden

Grandpa Green
By Lane Smith
Homeland Trees
By Various AuthorsIllustrated by Various Artists

In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree
By Barbara Bash
In The Tree House
By Andrew LarsenIllustrated by Dusan Petricic

Lost in the Gardens
By J.H. Low
Maple
By Lori Nichols
Maple and Willow Together
By Lori Nichols
Moon Forest
By Patricia MacCarthy
Naomi’s Tree
By Joy KogawaIllustrated by Ruth Ohi

Night in the Gardens
By J.H. Low
Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
By Uma Krishnaswam
Rainforest Hike and Other Stories
By Cecilia LeongIllustrated by Chooi Ling Keiong

Rainforest Surprise
By Samantha OngIllustrated by Low Khay Yhooi

Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree
By Naoko Stoop
Sequioa
By Tony JohnstonIllustrated by Wendell Minor

The Bee Tree
By Patricia Polacco
The Birthday Tree
By Paul FleischmanIllustrated by Barry Root

The Curious Garden
By Peter Brown
The Elephant and the Tree
By Lee Jin Pyn
The Giving Tree
By Shel Silverstein
The Grandad Tree
By Trish CookeIllustrated by Sharon Wilson

The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story
By Uma KrishnaswamiIllustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran

The Mango Tree
By Hidayah AminIllustrated by Idris Ali

The Old Tree
By Ruth Brown
The Paradise Garden
By Colin Thompson
The Spirit of the Baobab Tree
By Dionne ChampionIllustrated by Sherice Grant

The Tree House
By Marjorie TolmanIllustrated by Ronald Tolman

The Tree House That Jack Built
By Bonnie VerburgIllustrated by Mark Teague

The Tree in the Ancient Forest
By Carol Reed-JonesIllustrated by Christopher Caynon

The Trees in the Garden
By Cheewan WisasaIllustrated by Preeda Panyachand

Thea’s Tree
By Judith Clay
There Was a Tree
By Rachel IsadoraIllustrated by Nancy Paulsen Books

Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab
By Barbara Bash
Up in the Tree
By Margaret Atwood
Walking Into Mangrove Forest
By Samantha OngIllustrated by Low Khay Yhooi