Once There Was a Tree

by Natalia Romanova

Book Overview

Portrays the world of activity surrounding the stump of a tree, and what happens as the seasons change and the stump grows older This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803702353
• ISBN13: 9780803702356
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

wonderful

This is my absolute favorite children's book. My twins are 22years old and of all their books this is the one they remember. The illustrations are beautiful!! I have purchased this book for many friends children and the reaction is the same.beautiful

Once There Was a Tree

What a beautiful, rich book! I can't believe I've never seen this book before a friend passed it along. Besides magnetizing illustrations, the whole story concept of the cycle of life is sensitive and calming. I as an adult find myself reading and pouring over it again and again. My 4 year old liked it at age 4 and now loves it more than ever. I also like that it was originally written and published in the "Soviet Union" so the perspective is a little different than the usual American fare.

not just any old stump

This book was read read to me throughout my childhood, so i am saddened to see such a short synopsis. Granted that is the essence of the story, but what is most important about it, is the sense of interconnectedness in nature that Nathalia illustrates. Many different organisms live in a less glamorous way and often go underappreciated in environmental texts. It's about time that bugs and worms had their say, too. I thoroughly recommend it.