Behold the Trees

Behold the Trees
Book Review III

Author: Sue Alexander
Illustrator: Leonid Gore
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Subgenre: Picture Book
Primary Characters: Trees
Secondary Characters: People from the time periods mentioned
Publishing: Arthur A. Levine 2001
Awards: Children's Literature Council of South California for Distinguished Literature Quality 2005

Theme: Be kind to the planet: plant trees.

Summary: Trees have been around since the beginning. This story tells of trees around the world and in different periods in time. For example, the centuries of wandering, the Year of Kings, and the Roman Rule. At first, people would just cut down trees without replanting any which caused the world to have less trees. Finally, some people realized what was happening an decided to plant trees.

Uses with students: In a classroom, this book can be used to teach children about the different time periods represented in the book, or it could also be use to learn about Arbour Day and  Israel's equivalent holiday.