Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids [Hardcover]

Gail Gibbons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2002 | Age Range: 1 - 8 years | Lexile Measure: 580L (What's this?)

Featuring a special section on how children can make a tree identification book of their own, this title is a bright and colorful introduction to trees, leaves, and their inner workings in nature. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3--This inviting, oversized book lives up to its subtitle. The large watercolor pictures, peopled by children of various ethnic backgrounds, make it a perfect book for classroom sharing. Gibbons discusses the parts of the tree and their functions, types of fruits and seeds, kinds of bark, and uses for trees. She includes a discussion of photosynthesis and gives directions for students to make their own tree identification books. Relevant terms are highlighted in the text and identified in the illustrations. It's a good book to team with Diane Burns's Trees, Leaves, and Bark (NorthWord, 1995; o.p.) and Arthur Dorros's A Tree Is Growing (Scholastic, 1997).
Jean Lowery, Bishop Woods Elementary School, New Haven, CT
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 4-8. In this large-format guide, Gibbons discusses the parts of a tree and their functions, the growth of trees, and the different types of trees. She introduces topics such as photosynthesis and the meaning of terms such as phloem and cambium. In the almost wordless section on identification, the shapes of 15 different trees are shown alongside close-ups of their leaves and bark. The book closes with a discussion of how trees are useful to people, animals, and the environment, and directions for making a tree identification book. The bright watercolor illustrations show cheerful children and adults observing, planting, using, and enjoying many kinds of trees. In this simple, informative book, Gibbons provides a basic guide that is sure to please parents and teachers as well as children. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Age Range: 1 - 8 years
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316309036
• ISBN-13: 978-0316309035
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.5 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Forests & Trees
  • #9 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Botany
  • #14 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Environment & Ecology

More About the Author

Gail Gibbons has published close to fifty distinguished nonfiction titles with Holiday House. According to "The Washington Post," "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." She lives in Vermont. Her website is www.gailgibbons.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple yet appealing book about the life cycle of trees June 8, 2002

By Midwest Book Review

Format:Hardcover

Written and illustrated by Gail Gibbons, Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees For Kids is a simple yet appealing book about the life cycle of trees for beginning readers. The informative text is enhanced throughout with color illustrations teaching young people about the parts of the tree and how it grows, as well as how to identify some of the more common trees of North America. Tell Me, Tree is a very highly recommended and educational book of fun facts for grades 1 through 3.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars All about trees July 20, 2004

By Karen Woodworth Roman VINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

Solid intro to basic concepts regarding trees. I occasionally wished Gibbons would have chosen the more scientifically correct term than a common, but less specific word. Includes an identification guide for various trees and shows young naturalists how to make their own tree identification book (pressing leaves, leaf and bark rubbings, and drawings). Karen Woodworth Roman, Children's Science Book Review

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Trees April 11, 2009

By Robert E. Larkin Jr.

Format:Hardcover

This is a fabulous book. The whole family loves reading about the trees in our backyard.