Tree

by David Burnie

Book Overview

In this updated and revised edition of Tree, readers can follow a seed grow into a sapling, the changing colors of fall leaves, and the tiny insects that live in rotting leaves on the forest floor,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394896173
• ISBN13: 9780394896175
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

i don't usually write reviews for books i haven't seen yet..

...but I have to tell you that David Burnie rocks! I was looking for an earlier edition of this book (Tree) that we got from the library to see if I could get a used copy, and I am thrilled that DK came out with a new edition. My daughter is 5, and so a lot of these DK books are too "busy" for her. However, this book by David Burnie was just right. (Of course, I read the text aloud.) The photography held her attention well, and all together we spent a couple hours over the course of a week looking at this book where she asked me a MILLION questions. Burnie covers everything from what kind of seeds different trees generate, to how logs are fashioned into boards at a saw mill, to how acid rain "burns" forests. On the other hand, this book would not be too young for a jr. high or high schooler who was looking for some general information about trees. The text is not at all baby-ish or dumbed-down. I learned a lot myself.