Here are three good tree reads, something for every kind of reader….

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono. This is a fabulous eco-fable for all ages about individual empowerment for changing the world, or at least your little corner of it.  Makes a great family read-aloud.

Tall Trees, Tough Men: A Vivid, Anecdotal History of Logging and Log-Driving in New England by Robert E. Pike.  Dramatic and engaging stories of ‘The Way Things Were’ in the lumber industry of colonial New England.

How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees and Tree-Planting Ceremonies by Daniel Butler (available April 15, 2010).  So much more than a how-to book (although it is that too) with guidance for commemorating birth, marriage, anniversaries and life with tree planting.  Presents folklore, rituals and symbolism of human celebrations involving trees throughout history.

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