The Wonder of Trees - Nicola Davies

The Wonder of Trees

By: Nicola Davies, Lorna Scobie (Illustrator)

Hardcover | 12 March 2019 | Edition Number 1

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Did you know that there are over 60,000 tree species? This stunning book explores the extraordinary diversity of trees and forests - the lungs of our earth.

A glorious celebration of trees by non-fiction specialist Nicola Davies, illustrated by rising star Lorna Scobie, creators of the beautiful THE VARIETY OF LIFE.

There is something to delight on every page with fascinating facts and figures. This exquisite book will encourage children to treasure the world's biodiversity and help to stop it slipping away.

With fascinating facts and figures and sections on:
  • Wood, Trunks and Branches
  • Leaves
  • Roots Bark
  • Tree Skin
  • Flowers & Cones
  • Seeds
  • Plants on Trees
  • Insects in Trees
  • Reptiles & Amphibians in Trees
  • Birds and Trees Mammals in Trees
  • Communities of Trees
  • Taiga
  • Temperate Woodlands
  • Dry Gum Forest
  • Cloud Forest
  • Tropical Rainforests
  • Forest Relationships
  • Gifts from Trees
  • People of the Forest
  • Forest Destruction
  • How to Plant a Tree

About the Author

Stevie Morgan - the creator of the 'Beloved and Bonk' and 'In the Sticks' columns for the Independent - is the pseudonym of Nicola Davies, a zoologist and children's writer. She lives in Devon with her partner, her two children, one dog, and varying numbers of bantams and Shetland sheep.

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