The Treasure Tree: Helping Kids Get Along and Enjoy Each Other

by John Trent

Book Overview

This creative story from John Trent and Gary Smalley helps children understand different personality types and celebrate others' strengths. Follow the four best friends--a lion, an otter, a golden retriever, and a beaver--as they search for the golden keys to the Treasure Tree. On their adventure, they discover that their different character traits are some of the most precious treasures they have.

Based on the bestselling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849958490
• ISBN13: 9780849958496
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Tommy Nelson
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

This is my all time favorite children’s book…for parents as well! Buying it as gifts for new babies

Illustrations are fantastic‼️ The story line is one that reminds every child they are gifted and have strengths YET they have need of others in their lives with different strengths❣️ TOGETHER, Life is made better…easier to tackle the hard times & marvelous to enjoy the grand ones!

Kids find comfort in this fun-filled book

I bought this book for my nephew last year, mainly because I thought his parents would get a kick out of it. My nephew is a very hard-worker, and he loves to please his parents. My neice, however, is rather strong-willed and fearless. They are so different that it has become a family joke. As my nephew, age 5, read this book, he found a message in it that has given him courage as well as an understanding of himself and the other people in his life. A year later, this is still his favorite book. He tells me about all of the characters and what each of their strengths are. I think it has helped him in his understanding of his own talents and gifts, and the idea that just because you may not excell at one thing that doesn't mean you are untalented. What a wonderful message for children. I am amazed at my nephew's ability to tie this to his own life, and I'm so happy that my gift gave him more than just a good story.

Read over and over again

I have four kids.. age 8 - 11. I took this book on vacation with us, where we met up with friends who have 3 boys, 7 - 11. We read the book, over and over. I read it first, using different voices for the characters. Then, the kids read it aloud, with each child reading the chapter about the character most matching thier own personality. The results were hysterical.This story touched each child so differently. Even the "cool" 11 year olds enjoyed the book, but even more, they enjoyed getting to know about the "psychology" of the different personalities. We took the identity test, and found the results very true! It gave a platform to discuss, at their level, how different personalities work together and against each other sometimes.My friend's boy, (age 7) enjoyed the book so much, I had to leave it with him and buy another! Even two weeks after leaving that book behind, my children are referencing the personalities in this wonderful story.

The Treasure Tree is meaningful to kids of all ages.

The Treasure Tree has touched my 3 year old's heart. We read a chapter before bed each night and she picks the chapter which she wants to hear. Even though the storyline is a bit advanced for her age, she seems to understand and delight in the theme of the value of unique personalities. And, as her Mom, I don't grow weary of reading this story to her for the 100th time because I learn something new each reading as well.

Kindergarten students love this book!

I'm a public school librarian, and The Treasure Tree is, by far, the most favored read-aloud of my Kindergarten children. The children identify with the book's characters because the personalities of each are so well-defined. We even set up a "Treasure Tree" in our library two years ago, and the children had opportunities to earn a "golden key" which they could trade for candy from the tree. I heartily recommend this book for elementary school library collections. Guidance counselors enjoy it, too!

A wonderful experience for every child!

I am a school teacher and use this book as a starter to every year. The four characters use their individual abilities to find the Treasure and in the end realize the accomplishment they can make by working together! Wonderful for teaching cooperation and accepting the differences of others. I have a unit I would love to share with other teachers!