Learn all about trees leaves and their inner workings in this colorful favorite picture book by award-winning nonfiction author and illustrator Gail Gibbons. Trees shelter and surround us. Their leaves offer shade from the hot summer sun. In autumn they dazzle us with color. In winter they stand tall against a cold and snowy background. Trees may look solitary but each one is teeming with life. Tell Me Tree is a child s guide to the wide variety of trees that surround us including how to identify them the structure of trees with cut-away illustrations and labels. The book also includes an explanation of photosynthesis and a special section on how to make a tree identification book of your own. Tell Me Tree is the perfect read for Earth Day and Arbor Day and for nature-lovers year-round. In this simple informative book Gibbons provides a basic guide that is sure to please parents and teachers as well as children. -- Booklist Don t miss these other favorite nonfiction books by Gail Gibbons: Knights in Shining Armor Cowboys and Cowgirls Recycle