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People collect all kinds of things — stamps, coins, books. But trees? The title of Amy Stewart’s delightful new book, “The Tree Collectors,” uses the term “collector” loosely.
Finally, have your child collect a leaf, a bud or a few needles from the trees, to affix to the pages of her Book of Trees later on. Sit down together near each tree and have a good long look at them.
What if the Giving Tree said "no" to the boy? Thousands of adults online are resonating with alternate endings to classic children’s books that may not have aged well in light of modern-day ...
When new students, parents and teachers join the "family" at Tree of Life Christian Schools, Superintendent Todd Marrah can now hand them a book about its 40-year history. It's important "to be ...
“The Tree Book: Superior Selections for Landscapes, Streetscapes, and Gardens” by Michael A. Dirr and Keith S. Warren ($79.95, Timber Press): “We love trees,” declare the authors in the ...
There are some 73,000 species of trees on Earth, according to one recent estimate. The writer Daniel Lewis zeroed in on a tiny fraction of them for his new book, "Twelve Trees." Each chapter is ...
Picture a tree — what do you see? The possibilities are endless. In this gorgeous new picture book, Barbara Reid brings her vision, her craft, and her signature plasticine artwork to the ...
We're talking about a Christmas tree made out of books and you can see it in the Fairfax County library system. For the last eight years, Martha Washington Library has made a tree entirely of ...
Of the many tender and heart-wrenching moments in “Big Tree,” Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel about two tree seeds, it’s a small illustration toward the beginning of the book that may ...
Inspired by the blockbuster DreamWorks Animation film The Croods: A New Age, The Croods: Family Tree continues the ever-evolving story of the Croods and the Bettermans as they learn to live ...