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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Some trees have lived many lifetimes, standing as silent witnesses to history. Some are remarkable for their age and stature; others for their usefulness. A bristlecone pine tree in California has outlived man by almost 4,000 years; a baobab tree in Australia served as a prison for Aboriginal prisoners at the turn of the twentieth century; and a major oak in England was used as a hiding place for Robin Hood and his men (or so the story goes?). The...
24) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is...
Author
Publisher
Permanent Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Are you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or you d like to know what unusual fruit trees you can use? The answers to all these questions can be found in master forest gardener Martin Crawford s new book. Crawford has researched and experimented with tree crops for twenty-five years and has selected...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Description
Uses text and oil paintings of a solitary tree during the different seasons and the rising and setting of the sun to challenge readers on the relationship between art and science.
32) Someday a tree
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
A young girl, her parents, and their neighbors try to save an old oak tree that has been poisoned by pollution.
33) The tree identification book: a new method for the practical identification and recognition of trees
Author
Publisher
M. Barrows
Pub. Date
[1958]
Language
English
35) Maple trees
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
This introductory book discusses leaves, sap, and the different kinds of maple trees.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"The Secret Life of Trees is a beautifully designed reader all about things you may not know about trees! Use your reading superpowers to learn all about trees - the oldest, the tallest, how they grow and are used by animals and people alike."