Branching Out: How Trees Are Part of Our World

Galat provides a brief overview of the importance of, threats to, and parts of trees before offering a close look at 11 species and the ways animals and people directly benefit from them. Lyrical prose describes life as a tree: “Imagine living in a place where twice a day saltwater rushes up and over your legs,” Galat writes about mangrove trees. Photographs of trees’ seeds, flowers, inhabitants, and full splendor join maps and other botanical details in an informed and elegant introduction to trees as resources for humans and animals, objects of natural beauty, and sources of inspiration. Ages 8–12. (Oct.)