Poetrees

by Douglas Florian, Douglas Florian (Illustrator)

Overview

Douglas Florian explores the arboreal world with his signature wit and whimsy in this tree-mendous picture book poetry collection featuring a dynamic vertical format that illustrates the incredible heights and shapes of the trees.

Seeds are sprouting, roots are spreading, and branches are swaying. From coconut palms and bristlecone pines to baobabs and banyans, discover the scientific nature of these majestic plants as well as their unique and quirky characteristics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665957946
Publisher:	Beach Lane Books
Publication date:	03/26/2024
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including Windsongs: Poems About Weather, UnBEElievables, Poetrees, and Dinothesaurus. He lives with his family in New York.

Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including Windsongs: Poems About Weather, UnBEElievables, Poetrees, and Dinothesaurus. He lives with his family in New York.

Editorial Reviews

"Starting with the book’s title and ending with a final “glossatree,” the wordplay in Florian’s latest poetry
collection provides plenty of fun...The final fascinating notes on each tree, and on leaves, stems, and roots, spell out the call for conservation that is part of the poetry and pictures. — Booklist

"Trees recieve a witty and informative rhyming appreciation...the poems live up to his usual high standard...Readers and listeners will learn and laugh."—Kirkus Reviews

“Florian’s richly watercolored collages, accompanied by verse, evoke a whole forest of trees. Sometimes it takes just a handful of words. “From the acorn grows the tree - slowly, slowly,” he writes, as an oak fills a two-page spread, stained onto paper.”—New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

Trees receive a witty and informative rhyming appreciation. Starting with a concrete poem about "The Seed" (which brilliantly snakes its way into the shape of the infinity sign) and moving into species both familiar-"Oak," "Giant Sequoias"-and less well known-"Scribbly Gum," "Bristlecone Pine"-Florian also introduces readers to such individual elements as "Roots" and "Bark." The author renders his illustrations on crinkly, brown paper bags in a diverse assortment of media-gouache watercolors, colored paints, rubber stamps, oil pastels and collage-and incorporates images of humans (hands, faces, whole bodies) into many of them. Equally effective is the large double-page layout of the book, which opens top to bottom rather than left to right, giving each tree room to grow. His style is looser than in previous books, in keeping with the organic, natural theme. Although some of his wordplay falls flat (sequoias are "Ancient seers / Of three thousand years"), by and large the poems live up to his usual high standard. The author is careful to include a "Glossatree," an author's note and a bibliography. Readers and listeners will learn and laugh. (Picture book/poetry. 5-9)

Kirkus Reviews