Trees

Learn about the amazing trees all around us with this inspiring illustrated guide. The perfect companion for budding nature lovers, it covers over 100 different trees that can be spotted everywhere from town parks to wild mountainsides. Use the beautifully detailed illustrations of bark, leaves, flowers and fruit to help you identify the trees you see.

2025 RICBA NomineesThe story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye.It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine.Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories Mama tells of a home before war. But war has come to their door once more, forcing them to flee. Even as her family is uprooted, Oraib makes a solemn promise to her beloved olive trees. She will see to it that their legacy lives on for generations to come.Debut author-illustrator Aya Ghanameh boldly paints a tale of bitterness, hope, and the power of believing in a free and thriving future.

What kind of tree grows in the sea? How tall are the tallest trees? Which tree can change how its leaves taste? This flap book holds the answers, along with masses of other amazing tree facts, and can

Trees are one of humanity's most constant and most varied companions. From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration - not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable.Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin's Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees' soaring heights can be found in the properties of the tiniest drops of water. Each of these strange and true tales - populated by self-mummifying monks, tree-climbing goats and ever-so-slightly radioactive nuts - is illustrated by Lucille Clerc, taking the rea

A strikingly original first novel, from the author of A Little Life. ‘The world Yanagihara conjures up, full of dark pockets of mystery, is magical.’ – The TimesIn 1950 Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind.Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Hanya Yanagihara's The People in the Trees marked the debut of a remarkable voice in American fiction.‘Impossible to resist’ – Daily MailPart of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.

A funny and thoughtful story about the power of little voices, from the creator of Where's the Elephant? and Welcome. How many trees make a forest? Each animals thinks they know the answer but they j

Trees are the lungs of the world. They have inspired our stories, myths and culture. Every climate, every nation has its tales oftrees, true or legendary, that help us understand ourselves and the bea

In this second book is the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha, her best friend Wyatt, and their teacher Caleb journey into the forest to try and find where Sasha came from.Sasha has just discovered she has

While stopping to admire some of the world’s most amazing trees, the Cat and Co. teach beginning readers how to identify different species from the shape of their crowns, leaves, lobes, seeds, bark, a

本系列為全彩的non-fiction讀本。插圖生動、主題多元，如Traveling hrough Time , Trees, Alein Incaders,Story to Troy等歷史、地理、自然科無所不包。初級每本字數為700字以內。文法為現在簡單式及現在進行式 。 Intended to build confidence in reading English, this book offe

What kind of tree grows in the sea? How tall are the tallest trees? Which tree can change how its leaves taste? This lift-the-flap book holds the answers, along with masses of other amazing tree facts, and can tell you why we need trees - and why they need our help.Chapters in this book include:- Trees are amazing- Tree parts- Changing seasons- Tree homes- Tropical trees- Watery trees- Cold trees- Extraordinary trees- Trees are our friends- Plant a tree