The Acorn's Story

by Valerie Greeley

Book Overview

This beautifully illustrated account of the life of an oak tree begins with the moment the acorn falls from the treetop, and then takes root and eventually evolves into the majestic oak. As the gentle story tells of the various animals that feed on the acorns and take the tree as shelter, it delivers a valuable message about ecology. Full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0027369161
• ISBN13: 9780027369168
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Life story of an acorn

We follow an acorn from the time it was first shaken from the mother tree to its death. (Well, that sounds harsh but it is true.) Very charming little book. Each page has a little rhyming ditty where the acorn asks who helped him get along to the next stage of his life and then there is a reply. The sentences are on one page and the opposite page is a beautiful illustration of a forest scene depicting the tree's life stage. It is hard to describe, but one example is that the question is about who made him strong and the reply is the Earth and then the illustration is of a wide, strong oak tree with a horse standing next to it. Each illustration includes at least one type of wild animal close to the tree. The change of seasons is seen. The book ends with the tree having been old and rotting and then cut down to a stump, with the seeds scattered at its' roots and the seed promising to tell the acorn's story. I love this book! I especially am interested in nature books. The life span of the tree is a topic rarely depicted in a picture book. I also love the change of seasons being shown and the various wildlife animals in the illustrations. Illustrations of the animals are life-like (not cartoon-ish).