I'm Like a Tree and a Tree's Like Me

《I’m Like a Tree and a Tree’s Like Me》用簡潔溫暖的語句，細膩描繪孩子與大自然的緊密連結。從一顆種子開始，樹慢慢長大，孩子也一天天成長。每一頁的鏤空設計，讓畫面層層展開，像是生命的循環與變化。本書以詩意又真實的方式，提醒我們──人與樹，同樣需要時間、陽光與滋養，靜靜茁壯，成為自己。

The growth of a tree and of a child parallel each other in this exquisitely constructed die-cut picture book about our nestedness in the natural world

I am a seed.
I grow bigger and bigger each day.
I’m starting to become who I am.

So begins this story, which is also how a child’s life begins… and so too does a tree’s. With an affirming, poetic text and gorgeous, delicate art as revealed through die-cuts on almost every spread, I’m Like a Tree and a Tree’s Like Me is a beautiful picture book about how we begin, how we grow, how we’re nourished, and how we live. By drawing parallels between a growing child and a growing tree, author Sylvaine Jaoui and illustrator Anne Crahay remind us of the myriad ways that humans and plants are connected as living beings.

Sylvaine Jaoui (1962–2023) was an award-winning French children’s author. I’m Like a Tree and a Tree’s Like Me is her first picture book to be published in English.

Anne Crahay is a Belgian artist and illustrator. While living in the Ardennes Forest, she worked in animation and as a freelance graphic designer. She currently lives in Andrimont, Belgium, and teaches graphic design and illustration at the Saint-Luc Liège School of Art. Claudia Zoe Bedrick is the publisher, editor, and art director of Enchanted Lion Books. Several of her translations have been Batchelder Award and Honor books.