What Good Is a Dead Tree?: A Science Mystery
What happens to a tree when it falls in a forest? Over time, it disappears. But where does it go? Author and photographer Doug Wechsler invites readers to dig into this biological mystery and discover the answer to the disappearance. Following the fall of an oak tree, Wechsler explains how the tree is broken down by animals, insects, and fungi over the course of fifty years. Along the way, readers explore parts of a tree, insect lifecycles, and the magic of mycelia. And readers will discover how rotten wood benefits the forest by providing essential nutrients for new trees to grow.

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What Good Is a Dead Tree?: A Science Mystery
What happens to a tree when it falls in a forest? Over time, it disappears. But where does it go? Author and photographer Doug Wechsler invites readers to dig into this biological mystery and discover the answer to the disappearance. Following the fall of an oak tree, Wechsler explains how the tree is broken down by animals, insects, and fungi over the course of fifty years. Along the way, readers explore parts of a tree, insect lifecycles, and the magic of mycelia. And readers will discover how rotten wood benefits the forest by providing essential nutrients for new trees to grow.

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Overview

What happens to a tree when it falls in a forest? Over time, it disappears. But where does it go? Author and photographer Doug Wechsler invites readers to dig into this biological mystery and discover the answer to the disappearance. Following the fall of an oak tree, Wechsler explains how the tree is broken down by animals, insects, and fungi over the course of fifty years. Along the way, readers explore parts of a tree, insect lifecycles, and the magic of mycelia. And readers will discover how rotten wood benefits the forest by providing essential nutrients for new trees to grow.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798348010539
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: 04/07/2026
Product dimensions: 10.88(w) x 9.13(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range: 10 - 11 Years

About the Author

Doug Wechsler is the author and photographer of 25 children's books on natural science. Previously, he worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences as a wildlife biologist. Doug has been looking under and inside logs since he was knee-high to a salamander.

Doug Wechsler is the author and photographer of 25 children's books on natural science. Previously, he worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences as a wildlife biologist. Doug has been looking under and inside logs since he was knee-high to a salamander.
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