This book explores the life of a nightly mountain ash tree. As it says on the back cover ‘A Magnificent exploration of a mighty tree, from its roots to the tips of its upper branches’. Each page of this book has been beautifully illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, supporting Claire’s text and the book develops the exploration of this tree from its roots to its upper branches and to its summit Claire develops the story of the tree from its roots drinking water, to its leaves using light to make energy, providing shelter and food for a variety of creatures and birds. The book develops the various ways the tree supports the life around it both during the day and at night. The tree began its life 300 years ago and the record of this tree on the last page is a wonderful summary. An outstanding educational book, which will appeal to all aged 5+. As the back cover says. “See the branches lean, so far above. Listen to the leaves bustle. Smell the forest air. Between sapwood and heartwood, water rises and energy flows. This is the world of the tree.”
Paul Baker
Tree by Claire Saxby Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
Allen and Unwin
ISBN 9781761069505
£12.99
Published 2024
