Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives

An hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four trees as they root, flower, and host diverse forest life.

In this short book, treetop explorer Meg Lowman guides us through a global forest. Each chapter of Tree Day introduces a single tree during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four species from around the world.

In the dark of Yemen’s night, it is too early to see the red sap from which the dragon’s blood tree gets its name. But if we watch closely, we will see nocturnal geckos carry the tre...