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Can a tree live a life worth living? This picture book makes the case that trees have lives that are at once intriguingly similar to human lives and just as intriguingly – and importantly – different. It nudges us to consider the meaning of our own lives and our place and our role in the natural world. But trees are quite mysterious. The more we learn about them, the more fantastical they seem – these ordinary inhabitants of every human city and village. This book invites young people and older people to think more about trees; but there is just as much to learn and to wonder about from spending careful, curious time with trees themselves.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
trees, nature, lives
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn, "One Day This Tree Will Fall (2024) by Leslie Barnard Booth" (2025). Picture Books. 56.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/56
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Can a tree live a life worth living? This picture book makes the case that trees have lives that are at once intriguingly similar to human lives and just as intriguingly – and importantly – different. It nudges us to consider the meaning of our own lives and our place and our role in the natural world. But trees are quite mysterious. The more we learn about them, the more fantastical they seem – these ordinary inhabitants of every human city and village. This book invites young people and older people to think more about trees; but there is just as much to learn and to wonder about from spending careful, curious time with trees themselves.