Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. This year for Arbor Day this year we climbed into the NPR archives to find our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction and kids' books. Scroll ...

I’m a lover of nature, especially trees. I’m always on the lookout for new books about trees and I’ve just discovered two very interesting ones. "Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future" by Lauren ...

Amy Stewart was fully prepared to geek out, as plant nerds are known to do, when she began researching her latest book: “The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession.” But as she dove into the ...

Of the many tender and heart-wrenching moments in “Big Tree,” Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel about two tree seeds, it’s a small illustration toward the beginning of the book that may be the most ...

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart. Random House, 2024 ($32) “Growing fruit trees is a very simple way to stay in love with our world,” says Vivian Keh, playwright and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Paul DeJong has helped thousands of people make their homes and yards more peaceful and pleasant. Now retired, he’s sharing the knowledge he’s gained over those years. He’s ...

Silent observers of our lives, trees are on most peoples’ radar only at moments of transition or death: We mark springtime’s budding and autumn’s flamboyance, note somberly the tree felled by a storm ...

text like "The Trees are Speaking" runs the risk of being too academic, too dense for the average reader who wants to learn more but whose life is not devoted to the subject matter. But like Mapes' ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tree planting is widely promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification, and more. One ...