Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate

by Annette LeBox

A lyrical story of an aspen grove through the seasons, inspired by the ground-breaking work of Dr. Suzanne Simard on how trees and fungi talk to each other.

In early spring, the Mother Tree wakens. She is hundreds of years old, and her children are the sprouts that she sends up from her roots. They look like many separate trees, but they are all part of the Mother Tree.

Above ground, the aspens use the sun to produce...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773069357
• ISBN13: 9781773069357
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1