Chronicle Books
Forty Ways To Know A Tree Book
$25.95
Discover the incredible life of trees through forty eye-opening short essays. Environmental activist, author and biologist Joan Maloof explores trees as miraculous, living, breathing protectors of our Earth, turning science into storytelling paired with beautiful watercolor illustrations.
There are an estimated three trillion trees in the world, half as many as there once were. Maloof offers forty distinct ways of encountering a tree: by its leaves, through its rings (the only sure way of telling its age—the oldest documented tree ever counted was a bristlecone with 4,500 rings), from its birds, by its song and much more.
Each profile is illustrated with a particular species, representing dozens from all around the world. The book celebrates the tree itself, with its many roles and parts, as well as its invaluable services to humans and wildlife: food, shelter, clean air, water and, to many, simple joy.
- Forty short essays with watercolor illustrations
- Dozens of species from around the world
- By Joan Maloof
- From Princeton Architectural Press
- Hardcover, 192 pages
- Size: 5.75" x 8.5"