The Things That I Love about Trees

A very young non-fiction picture book that looks at how a tree changes with the seasons, with charming illustrations from an internationally acclaimed artist.

Learn how a plum tree changes with the seasons in this charming non-fiction picture book. Chris Butterworth's gentle, lyrical text describes how the buds of the plum tree bloom in the spring and how its leaves grow green and lush in the summer. Time goes by, and soon we see those same leaves fall in the autumn – now the branches are bare for the cold winter-months. With exquisite watercolour illustrations by Charlotte Voake, this is a book to treasure.

• Provides a clear, engaging description of the life-cycle of a tree.

• The back-matter includes an index and suggestions for fun activities involving trees.

• Charlotte previously illustrated the Nature Storybooks Caterpillar Butterfly and Insect Detective. Caterpillar Butterfly was shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award and Insect Detective was the winner of the 2010 English 4-11 Best Illustrated Book Award in the Key Stage 1 Non-fiction category.

About the Author

Chris Butterworth is the author of over seventy books, mostly non-fiction, and has written on subjects as diverse as disasters, hiccups, basketball and snakes. She has written a number of non-fiction titles for Walker, including See What a Seal Can Do, Where Do Clothes Come From and Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food, winner of the American Farm Bureau's Book of the Year. She lives in Cornwall.

About the Illustrator

Charlotte Voake is the author-illustrator of Ginger, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and winner of the Nestlé Smarties Gold Award, Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, Ginger Finds a Home and Hello Twins, one of the 2006 New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books. She is also the illustrator of Eleanor Farjeon's Elsie Piddock Skips, Steve Voake’s Insect Detectives, Vivian French’s Caterpillar Butterfly and Charlotte Zolotow's Say It!. She lives in Surrey.