Tree
A Life Story
by Wayne Grady & David Suzuki
illustrated by Robert Bateman
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This is a story that spans a millennium and includes a cast of millions. It is the story of a single tree. In this clear, concise, and captivating book, renowned scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki and award-winning writer Wayne Grady describe how the tree grows and receives nourishment and what role the tree plays in the forest throughout its life. Tree also looks at the community of organisms that share its ecosystem, and the tree is placed within the context of the events going on in the larger world during the tree's lifetime. David Suzuki and Wayne Grady's lyrical, richly detailed text is augmented by Robert Bateman's evocative original art. The result is a revelation, a salute to life itself.
Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation.
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close this panel"""Lyrical, richly detailed, and scientifically eye-opening, Suzuki's text is augmented by Robert Bateman's evocative original art. The result is a revelatory salute to life itself."""
"""In this slight, lovely book, [Suzuki and Grady] tell the tale of one Douglas-fir tree that lived for more than five centuries. ...Bateman's misty drawings offer portraits of the tree's companions -- woodpeckers, eagles, mice, ferns -- whose lives are more fleeting...This book is both a touching look at a single tree and an articulate testimony to nature's cyclic power."""
"""In this slight, lovely book, [Suzuki and Grady] tell the tale of one Douglas-fir tree that lived for more than five centuries. ...Bateman's misty drawings offer portraits of the tree's companions -- woodpeckers, eagles, mice, ferns -- whose lives are more fleeting...This book is both a touching look at a single tree and an articulate testimony to nature's cyclic power."""
"""Lyrical, richly detailed, and scientifically eye-opening, Suzuki's text is augmented by Robert Bateman's evocative original art. The result is a revelatory salute to life itself."""
"""Suzuki and Grady's engaging biography"" covers 700 years in the life of a Pacific Northwest Douglas fir. Each stage in the tree's life is placed not only within the context of history but also an ecological context...This happy melding of history, natural history, and biography is further enhanced by Robert Bateman's fine illustrations to create an instructive and graceful look at the interconnectedness of life."""""
"""Suzuki and Grady's engaging biography"" covers 700 years in the life of a Pacific Northwest Douglas fir. Each stage in the tree's life is placed not only within the context of history but also an ecological context...This happy melding of history, natural history, and biography is further enhanced by Robert Bateman's fine illustrations to create an instructive and graceful look at the interconnectedness of life."""""
