Loren Long has created a book that should be a classic! Well done, Bravo! It is also about growing up and seeing the world in a different place. This was even with the other trees around him letting their leaves go, and growing to brand new heights. Little tree held onto his leaves for fear of letting go and not knowing what the future may bring. This is a book about fear and letting fear consume you to the point of continually staying the same.
This is a great book for anyone that has faced fear of the unknown. The woodland animals begin to ask him "why don't you let your leaves go?" Of course, the ending is simple and encouraging. Season after season, little tree continues to stay the same and never change. The reason little tree doesn't grow is because he is holding onto his leaves.
All the trees begin to grow except, "little tree". The story starts off with trees that have been planted and you begin to see their growth. This book was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I love the inspirational message that this book gave. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories about change, the passing of the seasons, and/or trees and their life in the forest. Author/artist Loren Long, creator of the popular Otis the Tractor books, delivers many beautiful scenes here, capturing the vibrant colors of summer and fall, and the chilly enchantment of winter. When he finally does let go, he too can grow.Ī lovely little book, one which reminds me of a number of other titles with a similar theme - chiefly, The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia, and The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger - Little Tree pairs an engaging, emotionally perceptive narrative with lovely artwork.
Although all the other little trees accept the changes that the passing seasons bring, our arboreal hero cannot, holding out for many years, until he notices that all of his peers have grown tall, and he is standing in their shade. A little tree, growing in the middle of the forest, is reluctant to let go of his leaves in this picture-book examination of growth and the resistance to change.
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