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Be Thankful for Trees: A tribute to the many & surprising ways trees relate to our lives Hardcover – Picture Book, March 29, 2022

by Harriet Ziefert (Author), Brian Fitzgerald (Illustrator)
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What gives you a seat, a floor for your feet?
A place you can sit with your family to eat? 
The pum-pum of a drum, a guitar’s twangy strum . . .
Tree wood makes music zing, ping, and hum.

Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesn’t stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees – and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.

Kids will view their backyards and parks in a whole new light after going on an arboreal eco-tour in this gorgeous paean to trees.

This book is printed on responsibly sourced, 100% recycled FSC paper.

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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    80 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    1 - 2
  5. Dimensions
    7.75 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
  6. Publisher
    Red Comet Press
  7. Publication date
    March 29, 2022
  8. ISBN-10
    1636550207
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1636550206
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There are so many ways trees are part of our everyday lives, from the toys we play with to the food we eat!

Engaging art

Eighty pages of bold and colorful illustrations for children to explore.

Environmental message

This book also gently shows our responsibility to the environment and how trees are a vital part of the ecosystem.

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K-Gr 3-In this rhyming tribute, divided into seven sections, readers learn about the invaluable role trees play in nature and daily life. Each segment describes individual characteristics of trees and how they relate to the lives of humans, animals, and the environment. Cheerful couplets and repetitive phrases, excellent for reading aloud, explain how trees serve as food, comfort, music, and more. Two spreads that can be found toward the end of the book allude to climate change by way of "man-made destruction," but the text otherwise focuses on celebrating trees and forests and does not include specific ways to protect them. Fitzgerald's colorful illustrations depict diverse humans of varying skin tones enjoying a range of activities, as well as numerous animals and ecosystems thriving, all made possible by trees. Pair with Peter Wohlleben's Can You Hear the Trees Talking?" or Lita Judge's The Wisdom of Trees for STEM and nature units. VERDICT Despite the lack of supplemental back matter, this celebratory ode that encourages readers to explore and appreciate nature is a welcome addition to most collections.-Olivia Goreckeα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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California Eureka Book Award - Silver Honor

"Narrated in rhyming couplets that scan well, this book manages to pack a lot of thought-provoking concepts into a short format in a cohesive, engaging way. Fitzgerald's colorful, stylized digital illustrations brim with outdoorsy charm and highlight the many beautiful textures and grain patterns of trees barks and cut wood. Arboreal adoration that will indeed leave readers feeling thankful for our wooded world." – Kirkus Reviews

"Via jaunty rhyming tributes, Ziefert offers up plentiful reason to be grateful for trees. . . make(s) for an upbeat read aloud. Fitzgerald''s confident digital illustrations embrace Ziefert's vision simply. . . the books' overall focus is more squarely on the essential, overlooked roles that trees play." – Publisher's Weekly

"Cheerful couplets and repetitive phrases, excellent for reading aloud, explain how trees serve as food, comfort, music, and more. Fitzgerald's colorful illustrations depict diverse humans of varying skin tones enjoying a range of activities, as well as numerous animals and ecosystems thriving, all made possible by trees. . . this celebratory ode that encourages readers to explore and appreciate nature is a welcome addition to most collections." – School Library Journal

"I think this might be my favorite kids books about trees ever. There's a million gorgeous textbook-like non fiction reads that go deep into the nitty gritty biology behind forests and trees, but how many simply highlight their role in our everyday lives? I love that this shows how trees unite us all from sports lovers to book worms and so many in between, really driving home that preserving our forests really is an every human issue. This is a beautiful light hearted reminder of how dependent we are on trees and how vital it is that we consider our impact on Earth continuing forward." –KidsLitIsLit

Ziefert's informative, rhyming text is sure to keep readers engaged throughout as well as prompt fruitful discussions and STEM lessons after the book is complete. Fitzgerald's colorful, digital illustrations portray diverse individuals reveling in nature and joyfully captures the beauty of nature. . . . A spectacular story for budding scientists, environmentalists, and nature lovers." – Olivia the Librarian

"This book is a wonderful way to begin conversations about nature and the importance of trees with young children."–Children's Literature

“This engaging rhyming text teaches children all about the ways trees are important to our lives. . . This would be a wonderful book to read aloud to young children as they learn how essential trees are to life and that we need to do to protect them from man-made destruction. The illustrations and simple text encourage children to appreciate what trees provide for us and will likely stimulate lively discussion as the book is read aloud.” Recommended. –School Library Connection

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Red Comet Press (March 29, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1636550207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1636550206
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
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Harriet Ziefert was born in New Jersey. She grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, where she attended the local schools. She graduated from Smith College, then received a Masters degree in Education from New York University. "About twelve years ago," says Ziefert in a 1995 interview, "I tried to get a job as an editor, but no one would hire me as a trade editor. So I decided to write my own books." Since then, she has written several hundred books, mostly picture books and easy-to-read books. "I write books very quickly," she says, "in about twelve hours. I rewrite them three times over three days, and then they're done." She writes about twenty books a year. Ziefert's picture book A New Coat for Anna is about a girl in a bombed-out European city during the months just after World War II. Anna has outgrown her old coat, and her mother trades her few surviving treasures--a watch, a lamp, a necklace, and a porcelain teapot--in order to obtain wool and have it spun, woven, and finally sewn into a fine red coat for Anna. A Horn Book Magazine reviewer stated, "the simple text, based on a true story, carries the narrative along effectively." The book, which was illustrated by Anita Lobel, was chosen as one of ten books to be read aloud by former First Lady Barbara Bush as part of a program promoting reading. Ziefert was invited to the White House for the occasion. The reason Ziefert began writing easy-to-read books was that she felt "they were getting too hard for kids to read in the first grade." She says that she wrote easy-to-read books with seventy-five or fewer words, even ones with fifty or fewer words, "to see how much of a story" she could produce with that limit. She enjoyed the challenge, and cites her book Sleepy Dog as an example. "Sleepy Dog is the most successful book I've ever done, in terms of number of books sold." She's also been working on a developmental program with publisher Dorling Kindersley, made up of books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Her book Pete's Chicken, which was illustrated by Laura Rader, was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review as "a simple, sweet 'Song of Myself' for children . . . [which] applauds the specialness of every child as it reminds parents of the healing power of just being there for children." Among her other books is a series of easy-to-read books, such as Trip Day and Worm Day, about an inventive science teacher and his rambunctious class of students. Ziefert's book Let's Get a Pet was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by a joint committee of the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council. . Ms. Ziefert lives in Maplewood, New Jersey and Lincoln, Massachusetts. She has two adult sons.

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Topobiblio
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous introduction for young naturalists
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023
A lovely introduction to trees for young readers, this book is perfect for Kindergartners and 1st graders to bring awareness about the natural world. The seven sections make the book easy to use with students of a multi-day period when introducing young children to topics of natural history. The text has a gentle rhyme to it and the illustrations are bright and imaginative. A great package all round.
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pragmaticmom
5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely ode to trees!
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023
Have you stopped to think about trees and how we utilize them in our everyday lives? Ziefert’s rhymes celebrate trees, and how much we rely upon them. This informational fiction picture book is a lovely ode to trees.
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Stacy Renee
4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely tribute to trees!
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2022
Be Thankful For Trees is a beautifully illustrated tribute to the many ways trees relate to our lives, from the furniture we sit or sleep on to the musical instruments we play to the books we read and more. Would life even be possible without trees?

Broken down into seven main messages, the rhyming couplets in this picture book remind us of the food, shelter, comfort, recreation, and more that we obtain thanks to trees and what life would be like without them.
Can you think of all the ways trees improve our lives?

This seems like a longer read for its age group with eighty pages but the text is very minimal with only a few words per page for most of the book and no more than a sentence or two on a few others.

Be Thankful For Trees would make a great read-aloud for outdoor storytime or 'wildschooling'.
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Sunshine
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book For All Settings
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
A great book that notes not only the importance of trees but also why it's important for us to be kind to our environment and kind to others! It's a great book to gift for kids or even maybe teachers of young kids for their classrooms!
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