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Whose tree is this? / Reaching high, spreading wide, / this oak, so gracious, so spacious, / giving gifts throughout the year. / Acorns for eating, tree crooks for nests, / leaves that shelter many guests. Explore an oak tree through poems written from the perspective of thirteen animals--including caterpillars, chickadees, orb weaver spiders, cicadas, katydids, big brown bats, screech owls, springtails, blue jays, squirrels, black bears, crows, and people--that rely on it for food and shelter. Readers will discover that the oak, a keystone species, belongs to all of the animals. Sidebars written in prose provide additional information about the ways each creature relies on oak trees as well as how these trees benefit the environment.

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""Accessible, engaging, and important--STEAM writing at its best.""--starred, Kirkus Reviews -- (12/19/2025 12:00:00 AM)

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Marilyn Singer is the author of more than one hundred books for children and young adults. Marilyn received a BA in English from the Queens College, City University of New York and an MA in communications from New York University. After teaching high school English for several years, she began writing. Her work has won several awards including the ALA Notable Children's Book Award, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nomination, and the 2015 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Julian Plum is an illustrator and author with a deep love of colors, stories, and creatures. He can be found in the Finger Lakes of New York illustrating warm, colorful flora, fauna, and fungi in gouache. When he's not painting, he wanders the woods admiring the natural world.

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