Did you know that there are over 60,000 tree species? This stunning book explores the extraordinary diversity of trees and forests - the lungs of our earth.
A glorious celebration of trees by non-fiction specialist Nicola Davies, illustrated by rising star Lorna Scobie, creators of the beautiful The Variety of Life.
There is something to delight on every page with fascinating facts and figures. This exquisite book will encourage children to treasure the world's biodiversity and help to stop it slipping away.
With fascinating facts and figures and sections on:
- Wood, Trunks and Branches
- Leaves
- Roots Bark
- Tree Skin
- Flowers & Cones
- Seeds
- Plants on Trees
- Insects in Trees
- Reptiles & Amphibians in Trees
- Birds and Trees Mammals in Trees
- Communities of Trees
- Taiga
- Temperate Woodlands
- Dry Gum Forest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Rainforests
- Forest Relationships
- Gifts from Trees
- People of the Forest
- Forest Destruction
- How to Plant a Tree
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Nicola Davies is a zoologist and writer. She has written many children's books on natural history topics such as the human body, whales, oceans, bats, and flowers. She is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Promise, King of the Sky, A First Book of Animals, Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes, an
More about Nicola DaviesLorna Scobie grew up in the depths of the English countryside, climbing trees and taking her rabbit for walks in the fields. She is an illustrator and designer, now based in south London. Growing up surrounded by nature has heavily influenced her illustrations and her work often revolves around the natural world and animal kingdom.
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