Trees: A Rooted History

This oversized book will delight readers with its massive, colorful illustrations and its clear straightforward text. It covers a lot of ground without ever feeling rushed; it explains science and history and different cultural traditions without getting too bogged down in details. Informative, fun, and lovely—did I mention lovely?—this coffee table book for children brings a sense of wonder to this nature study.

A beautifully illustrated book about everything tree related (not just leaves, roots, heights, oldest, endemic, but treehouse, wooden art and buildings, family frees, tree monsters, etc.) This book could be geared toward children as young as 2 or 3 with adult readers grabbing a sentence or two to explain some the imagery. A reader with patience of 8 to 10 will read it on their own with no issues. I recommend a map with book for reference as well as an adult or app for pronounciation help. One thing that bothered me was I felt some people drawn were stereotypically. But again illustrations are wonderful.