{"id":271,"date":"2019-01-21T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=271"},"modified":"2019-02-03T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T23:37:20","slug":"the-things-that-i-love-about-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/the-things-that-i-love-about-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"The Things That I LOVE about TREES"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Things That I LOVE about TREES<\/em> by Chris Butterworth and illustrated by Charlotte Voake is a wonderful picture book for winter and for all seasons.<\/p>\n

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Combining facts about how useful trees are with a narrative tour of how trees change from season to season, Chris Butterworth’s gentle prose is relaxing and enlightening.<\/p>\n

Summer trees are shady
\nand so full of leaves that
\nwhen the wind blows.
\nthey swish like the sea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Voake has an obvious affinity for trees and her watercolor and ink illustrations are mesmerizing. With a few strokes she can create the feel of an ancient forest or a swaying sapling.<\/p>\n

The Things That I LOVE about TREES<\/em> is a delightful book. It might not be for everyone, but for youngsters who love nature and want a comfortable, quiet book, this is a good choice. Curl up with a copy today.<\/p>\n

The complete review is at Wrapped in Foil<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2019 Roberta Gibson<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Things That I LOVE about TREES by Chris Butterworth and illustrated by Charlotte Voake is a wonderful picture book for winter and for all seasons. Combining facts about how useful trees are with a narrative tour of how trees change from season to season, Chris Butterworth’s gentle prose is relaxing and enlightening. Summer trees … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “The Things That I LOVE about TREES”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up","tag-the-things-that-i-love-about-trees"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-4n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":613,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/moth-an-evolution-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":271,"position":0},"title":"Moth: An Evolution Story","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"January 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas (Author) and Daniel Egn\u00e9us (Illustrator) Booktalk: Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. 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