![]() ![]() Synopsis: Through exquisite paintings and simple, lyrical text, the book tells the story of the life and death of a huge oak tree – and also tells the story of how the dead tree enriches the entire forest, both flora and fauna, after it falls, and gradually decomposes, providing shelter for animals, food for bugs and fungi, and finally rich soil for acorns to sprout into new trees.Īctivities/Resources: A good activity to show children how the decomposition process happens is composting. For a hundred years or more the oak tree had grown and spread its shade. Opening Sentences: It stood tall in the forest. Themes and topics: trees, life cycle of trees, nature, ecology, forest ecology, interdependence of species Publisher: New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1972, 1992 ![]()
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