The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees

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As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1–4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4–5. This short story, with more distilled in its rich pages than many a lengthy novel, mostly takes place indoors, at a family Christmas party in Dublin, which makes the later evocation of a young man waiting through a cold night beneath a tree all the more haunting.

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But then there came a moment – I’d moved to America to be a professor – when I just took the plunge. There is melancholy in being an exile – though I say this cautiously, because I’m also aware of the fact that the UK is my home, and I have a strong sense of belonging here, too. Extraordinary and enduring feeling for trees’ … detail from The Cherry Orchard by Paul Nash, as shown in Tate Britain’s recent exhibition. There are many things that worry me, and one is that the language of politics is full of martial metaphors now.From a tender age we are taught … that for every morsel of contentment, there will follow … suffering …” I read this novel during Euro 2021, and I thought about being afraid of happiness, in an England rocked by the racism that many knew would follow second place. Well, guess what — a lot of his characters are based on real-life people and their real-life experiences and discoveries. It is really important to read from your child’s reading book (or another book at the right level) every day. At the beginning of the pandemic, I read some tweets in which publishers said: this [isolation] isn’t very different for authors; they already work from home, they’re solitary anyway. If your child is reading simply for enjoyment, comprehension, or practice, just browse the library or use any of the other filters.

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It’s this tree that claims the third narrative, a sapling plucked by botanist Kostas and replanted in their new English backyard, growing up alongside Ada. And given that they not only have this much ability, but also provide us with so much that we need to survive, shouldn’t we treat them with more respect?

Ada’s aunt, Meryem, visiting her in London, turns every meal into a banquet, even breakfast: this is her way of controlling the world. And when the novel’s sure and towering end arrived, nearly all Shafak’s decisions made sense, moving me to tears and humbling me with the confidence of a storyteller for whom every decision is deliberate.

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The Long, Long Life of Trees is written in praise of the physical beauty of trees and traces their cultural meanings. This book helps you plant more trees in your gardens, and to work with others to get more trees growing at work, school, along streets, in neighbouring gardens and in parks and public green spaces. We’re both slightly anxious, I think, Shafak because she arrived for our meeting a tiny bit late, and me because this cafe in Holland Park is so noisy and crowded (we can’t sit outside because yet another violent summer squall has just blown in).Ada has no Cypriot culture and what’s missing wounds her; Shafak suggests that generational trauma is inevitable, offering a take on depression that will feel familiar to many communities.

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If you have read this then Rackham’s other works – ‘ The History of the Countryside’ and ‘ The Last Forest’will also appeal. Simard is the expert who proved for the first time that trees can talk to each other through fungal networks. She – my tree is very female – gave me a chance to look beyond tribalisms, nationalisms and other clashing certainties. My two grandmothers were the same age and class and sect, but their interpretation of religion was very different.Find out how trees lock up carbon and how many we need to reach the UK's carbon net zero target by 2050. The book contains some lovely colourful drawings which will help you identify a range of trees and their seeds. It also explores the cultural impacts of tree loss, and shows the impact that these creatures have on our lives. The Island of Missing Trees asks us important questions about losing home, about coping and secrets.