This 1957 Caldecott Award winner explains the importance and uses of trees. The illustrations are impressionistic and the natural appearances add understanding to the text. The illustrations use simple lines and the simplicity of the drawings go well with the theme of this story. The author uses personification in this story to help younger children to better understand the theme and to also make the trees seem more real. An example of this is where Udry writes "The leaves whisper in the breeze all summer long", and "A tree is nice because it makes shade". This was a very cute little book and I think that children pre-K through third grade would enjoy this book and be able to comprehend its meaning.
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