Recent Reads: Listen to the Language of the Trees by Tera Kelley

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Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley, Marie Hermansson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Dawn Publications
Publication Date:  March 1, 2022

 

Format: Ebook

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

This fascinating picture book explores the underground communication system between trees and helps young readers see that the natural world's survival depends on staying connected and helping others—just like us!

Readers will discover that trees have their own social network, and helping one another thrive is trending.

The fascinating mycorrhizal fungi network runs underground through the forest via the roots of trees, allowing for connection and communication.

Listen to the Language of the Trees captures the magic of talking trees that take care of their neighbors (not to mention the mysterious fungi that help them do it).

A lyrical read aloud, Listen to the Language of the Trees is the story of a seedling, newly sprouted at the base of a giant tree. As it stretches its roots into an underground web of fungi, it learns that its fellow trees use the fungi to pass messages and share resources! It will take great luck for this tiny seedling to survive, but it will have help from its friends in the forest. The Douglas fir forest also harbors creatures like a zany Yellow Pine chipmunk gathering and forgetting seed cones, an owl nested in the giant tree, and chattering Steller's jays. And, as we must never forget, no part of the forest is entirely free from danger!

Review: 

This is such a fun and informative book. This book is all about trees and how they communicate with the help of fungi under the ground that is intertwined in their root systems. It is a non-fiction book. 

Such a lovely book. We start off learning about the forest and the animals and some of their communication styles that use sound, then a seed sprouts. The story then teaches us how the trees use th fingi underground to communicate and send needed nutrients to each other. The little sprout gets sun even though he is under the dense cover of other trees. 

It was so interesting to learn about their system and the science of the story. The book includes more info at the end about the science and even about the 'social emotional learning' aspect for young readers... and some activites too!

The illustrations were just as wonderful. So beautiful. The firs re so detailed, and there is so much detail overall - the animals, bugs, forest, forest floor, roots, fungi, it was so intricate and still whimsical too. I loved the images of light through the trees and the littel squirrel. So pretty. I just love a good nature book, they are so information, beautiful, and fun.