Trees as Sanctuary
Children will see trees as friends and as home through the voices of children, parents, grandparents and genera ons before. Trees not only provide shelter to living creatures, they also bear witness to a young child’s growth, societal progress, and genera ons of lives lived, lost, and saved. They serve as roots marking our ancestry, a memorial to societies long gone, and a keeper of secrets to those who find sanctuary in its shadowy branches.
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A Tree Is Nice
By Janice May Udry
Illustrated by Marc Simont
1987
Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir
By Barbara Bash
Illustrated by Barbara Bash
2002
Butterfly Tree
By Sandra Markle
Illustrated by Leslie Wu
2011
Chavela and the Magic Bubble
By Monica Brown
Illustrated by Magaly Morales
2010
El Regalo de Fernando (Fernando’s Gift)
By Douglas Keister
2004
Grandma Lim’s Persimmons
By Sunita Lad Bhamray
Illustrated by Marjorie Van Heerden
2013
Grandpa Green
By Lane Smith
2011
Homeland Trees
By Various Authors
Illustrated by Various Artists
2015
In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree
By Barbara Bash
1996
In The Tree House
By Andrew Larsen
Illustrated by Dusan Petricic
2013
Lost in the Gardens
By J.H. Low
2015
Maple
By Lori Nichols
2014
Maple and Willow Together
By Lori Nichols
2014
Moon Forest
By Patricia MacCarthy
2013
Naomi’s Tree
By Joy Kogawa
Illustrated by Ruth Ohi
2008
Night in the Gardens
By J.H. Low
2016
Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
By Uma Krishnaswam
2010
Rainforest Hike and Other Stories
By Cecilia Leong
Illustrated by Chooi Ling Keiong
2015
Rainforest Surprise
By Samantha Ong
Illustrated by Low Khay Yhooi
2010
Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree
By Naoko Stoop
1964
Sequioa
By Tony Johnston
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
2014
The Bee Tree
By Patricia Polacco
1998
The Birthday Tree
By Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Barry Root
2008
The Curious Garden
By Peter Brown
2009
The Elephant and the Tree
By Lee Jin Pyn
2009
The Giving Tree
By Shel Silverstein
1964
The Grandad Tree
By Trish Cooke
Illustrated by Sharon Wilson
2000
The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story
By Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran
2005
The Mango Tree
By Hidayah Amin
Illustrated by Idris Ali
2013
The Old Tree
By Ruth Brown
2007
The Paradise Garden
By Colin Thompson
1998
The Spirit of the Baobab Tree
By Dionne Champion
Illustrated by Sherice Grant
2008
The Tree House
By Marjorie Tolman
Illustrated by Ronald Tolman
2010
The Tree House That Jack Built
By Bonnie Verburg
Illustrated by Mark Teague
2014
The Tree in the Ancient Forest
By Carol Reed-Jones
Illustrated by Christopher Caynon
1996
The Trees in the Garden
By Cheewan Wisasa
Illustrated by Preeda Panyachand
1998
Thea’s Tree
By Judith Clay
2014
There Was a Tree
By Rachel Isadora
Illustrated by Nancy Paulsen Books
2012
Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab
By Barbara Bash
2002
Up in the Tree
By Margaret Atwood
2010
Walking Into Mangrove Forest
By Samantha Ong
Illustrated by Low Khay Yhooi
2010