The Tree

Written and illustrated by Neal Layton

Hardcover

$17.99

$16.97

2 - 5

Reading age

Page count

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Feb 7, 2017

Publication date

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What's The Tree About

Publisher Summary

When a family wants to cut down a tree to build a house, what happens to the animals’ nests and burrows? Can a tree be home to everyone? For the rabbits, birds, and squirrels, the big tree is home. But then come two new arrivals with wonderful plans, all ready to create their dream house. What will it mean for the animal families if their tree is cut down? With empathy and imagination, Neal Layton offers a hopeful outlook in this simple and powerful fable about the harmony of the natural world.

What Kind of Book is The Tree

Topics

rebuilding nature community animals resilience birds the environment trees squirrels and chipmunks science and nature wildlife conservation

Genres

fiction fables

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Books about community

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The Creative Behind the Book

Author & Illustrator

Neal Layton

Neal Layton is an award-winning illustrator of over forty children’s books, including Oscar and Arabella, which he also wrote, and That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell, winner of the Smarties Gold Award in the UK. Neal has worked in a chocolate factory, in a teapot factory, and on a lettuce farm. He now lives in Portsmouth on the English coast with his family. He likes living by the seaside. Learn more at neallayton.co.uk, or follow him on Twitter @LaytonNeal.