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The Seeking Tree

A magical story to showcase the beauty of animals, nature, and our Earth. Each page is beautifully illustrated. You will get lost in the images. See if you can find all the animals!

A Best Selling picture bookin Children's Exploration Fiction and Children's Environment Books!

A young sapling sprouts! It is excited about its new world. It yearns to connect with all things that pass by. Unfortunately, human beings are too busy. So, it patiently waits and watches for a thousand years.

Follow its magical journey as humanity evolves and trees begin to slowly disappear. Until... a girl far in the future finds the seeking tree. With your help, she can change the course of history!

"The Seeking Tree was both fascinating and eye-opening to read. It is appropriate for children and parents to read since it perfectly explains the value of appreciating and protecting nature, which is currently one of the world's ongoing concerns."

A tree waits...and waits...for humans to pay attention in Dee's picture book.

In the late 1700s, a sapling wants to enjoy the presence of all other living creatures. But while most animals will stop and sit with the small tree, one group will not: humans. First represented by a group of Native hunters, then by European settlers in covered wagons and Puritan home builders, the humans go about their own business, never stopping to sit with the tree.

In a repeated refrain, the seeking tree asks, "Will you sit with us?" An older voice of the forest answers, "They are busy, Young One." Each time, the tree grows more frustrated, until the forest is cleared away, first for farmland, then a city, and finally a futuristic megalopolis. In this last setting, the tree stands alone and is finally approached by a human family in space suits, who sit with the tree and gather its seeds, hopeful for the future.

Dee and Oldaker create beautiful painted illustrations; the natural world's beauty is highlighted even as it diminishes in each spread until it is overtaken.The impact of the images, and of the frustration in the seeking tree's repeated text, ably communicates the message of how important it is to commune with the natural world.

An accessible call to appreciate nature.!

A favorite to teach global warming, historical fiction of the United States, and the impact trees have on our environment. Great story for Earth Day.

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The Little Green Jacket

Three stories in one book! One story can be just the voices of the children, in white. Another story can be the Little Green Jacket speaking, in green. And another story can be both combined.



A best seller in Children's Books about Birthdays, Children's Fiction on Social Situations, and Children's Values Books







Seek and find all the recycling symbols hidden on the pages!



Multi-award-winning picture book!



Reader's Favorite 5 Star Review Award

Mom's Choice Award, Gold Winner

Purple Dragonfly Book Awards

Green Books/Environmental, Honorable Mention

Picture Books 6 & Older, Honorable Mention

International Book Award

Children's Fiction, Finalist

American Fiction Award

Juvenile Fiction, Finalist

Children's Picture Book, Hardcover Fiction, Winner

Next Generation Indie Books Award

Children's Picture Book Educational 6 Years & Up, Finalist

Based on true events, a little green jacket travels through the lives of different children, who live in very different places, and ends on the other side of the world after a natural disaster. Historical fiction.



"Destined to be an American classic", a truly unique and inspirational story with a dual perspective in the voice of a little green jacket. With enchanting illustrations this book demonstrates how giving has a magic of its own. A story that showcases the culture of donations, and how it can change lives, one item at a time.



With black and white illustrations with the color green, to honor recycling and Earth Day. Children learn the power of and want to donate. Thrifting and second hand stores are important, sharing, kindness, and caring.



Jodi Dee's picture book story, The Little Green Jacket, is quite simply amazing. In adult literature, this simple children's tale would compare to the The Red Violin as an object, in this case, a green jacket, makes its way from one owner to the next, sharing its warmth, love and the magic of caring. The illustrations are superb and cleverly executed.



"Love is universal. We need each other, even those we've never met. Giving is the thread that weaves us together."



Teachers pick and use in classrooms for Earth Day! Licensed by LETRS for training. Great vocabulary and perspective of different demographics and places in the United States.



Teachers favorite for ages 5 yrs through 9 yrs and Grades Kindergarten through Grade 3.

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National Parks of the USA

National Parks of the USA is the landmark treasury that brought America’s natural beauty to a generation of young readers. With four new national parks and a spectacular four-page fold-out of the Grand Canyon, this must-have updated edition is THE best way to experience the national parks for yourself, wherever you are in the world.

Divided into seven regional chapters, this book includes all 60+ national parks, from Acadia to Zion. Twenty-five parks are featured in glorious four-page fact-files, giving young explorers the need-to-know info on the history, wildlife, adventure sports, and natural phenomena that the parks are home to.

Throughout, Chris Turnham’s timeless postcard-perfect artwork makes the parks come alive on the page. See iconic vistas side-by-side with secret haunts as you encounter everything from billowing volcanoes in Hawaii to pristine trails in the Great Smoky Mountains. You’ll boat through the swamps of the Everglades, take the temperature in Death Valley, and marvel at Old Faithful in Yellowstone, the place where it all started.

This new, updated edition, published to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, includes new features on four national parks: Zion, Indiana Dunes, White Sands, and New River Gorge.

Plus, the brand-new gatefold lets you see the Grand Canyon in all its majesty, before opening up the page to see it up close in an eye-popping panoramic illustration.

With more to explore than ever before, there’s never been a better time to embark on this adventure and get to know the National Parks of the USA!

The highlighted parks include: Acadia, Badlands, Big Bend, Biscayne, Bryce Canyon, Channel Islands, Death Valley, Denali, Everglades, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Hawaii Volcanoes, Indiana Dunes, Isle Royale, Mesa Verde, New River Gorge, Olympic, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Virgin Islands, White Sands, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion.

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