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  Book List for Growing With Trees

Title Author  Notes
All About Trees Jane Dickinson  
A Dog's Life Wendy Pfeffer  
Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir Barbara Bash  
A Tree is Growing Arthur Dorros  
Biography of a Leaf David Burke  
Crinkleroot's Guide to knowing the Trees Jim Arnosky  
Discovering Trees Douglas Florian  
Exploring City Trees Margaret Anderson  
Oak & Company Richard mabey  
Outside and inside Trees Sandra markle  
Science Project ideas About Trees Robert Gardner  
Seeds Pop! Stick! Glide! Patricia Lauber  
The Hidden Life of the Forest Dwight Kuhn & David Schwartz  
The Tree Almanac: A Year-round Activity Guide Monica Russo  
The Tree: A First Discovery Book G. Jeunesse & P. de Bourgoing  
Tree Trunk Traffic Bianca lavies  
Why Do Leaves Change Color? Betsy Maestro  
     

Children's Literature

Title Author Notes
Aani and the Tree Huggers Jeannine Atkins  
A House Full of Strangers Emily Rhoads Johnson  
cherry Tree Ruskin Bond  
In the Woods: Who's Been Here? Lindsay Barrett George  
Mary Margaret's Tree Blair Dawson  
My Mother Talks to Trees Doris Gove  
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George  
Night Tree Eve Bunting  
Pera moscowitz's last Stand Arthu Levine  
Red Leaf, yellow Leaf Lois Ehlert  
Silver on the Tree Susan Cooper  
Sky Tree Thomas Locker  
Someday a Tree Eve Bunting  
The Bee Tree Patricia Polacco  
The Lorax Dr. Seuss  
The Miracle Tree Christobel Mattingley  
The Tamarack Tree Patricia Clapp  
The Willow Maiden Mehgan Collins  
The Wizard in the Tree Lloyd Alexander  

Books of Poetry

Title Author Notes
Counting on the Woods Poem George Ella Lyon  
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems Kristine O'Connell George  
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein  

Tapes

Title Author Notes
Billy B. Sings About Trees Bill Brennan
Jenson Publications
PO Box 248
New Berlin, WI  53151
Cassette of 14 upbeat kids' songs by Bill Brennan

Videos, Filmstrips

Title Author Notes
Disappearance of the Great Rainforests Arthur Mokin Productions, Inc. 
P.O. Box 1866, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 VIDEO
Available for rent or purchase
Your Big Backyard National Wildlife Federation  

Field Guides

Title Author Notes
Audubon Society Nature Guides: Western Forests Stephen Whitney  
Forest Jake Page (Time-Life Book)  
Master Tree Finder May Theilgaard Watts  
The Complete Trees of North America Thomas Elias  
The Winter Tree Finder May Theilgaard Watts  
Trees Lawrence Walker  
 


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