The Mighty Oak Tree

The Mighty Oak Tree

Author: Betty Kmiecik

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781511650915

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A creative and colorful look at life and living as seen through nature. Suited for children, teens, tweens and adults as well. A helpful teaching tool for emotional discovery and growth.


The Nature of Oaks

The Nature of Oaks

Author: Douglas W. Tallamy

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1643260448

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“A timely and much needed call to plant, protect, and delight in these diverse, life-giving giants.” —David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature’s Best Hope, urged homeowners to take conservation into their own hands. Now, he is turning his advocacy to one of the most important species of the plant kingdom—the mighty oak tree. Oaks sustain a complex and fascinating web of wildlife. The Nature of Oaks reveals what is going on in oak trees month by month, highlighting the seasonal cycles of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers who collect and store hundreds of acorns for sustenance to the beauty of jewel caterpillars, Tallamy illuminates and celebrates the wonders that occur right in our own backyards. He also shares practical advice about how to plant and care for an oak, along with information about the best oak species for your area. The Nature of Oaks will inspire you to treasure these trees and to act to nurture and protect them.


Lily Faye and the Mighty Oak

Lily Faye and the Mighty Oak

Author: Ingrid Jennings

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-15

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780985696016

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A children's book about a friendly frog name Lily Faye. Lily Faye discovers the importance of trees and learns about mammals.


Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns

Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns

Author: Catherine Copp, Ph.d.

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781975714307

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Learn To Grow Oak Seedlings From Acorns With This Complete Guide! Have you ever wanted to grow an oak from an acorn? If so, "Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns" by Catherine Copp, PhD is the best book for you!The author is a former reforestation tree-planter, tree seed collector, and tree nursery owner with experience growing oaks and many other species of native trees and shrubs. Her easy-to-understand guide will lead you through all the steps to growing oak seedlings from acorns. It covers all the major oak species in North America - both Canada and the USA. This book is a great resource for all landowners, and can be a fun and educational family project with your children! You will learn not only what to do with acorns, but the reasons behind the steps. This will give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of native oak trees and their place in the natural landscape. Anyone can grow oaks from acorns and it's fun! Includes a handy chart showing the pre-treatment requirements for acorns of all the North American oaks! You Will Learn The Following: Tips to identify the oak species How to forecast oak crops How to determine acorn maturity How to get acorns to germinate How to grow and transplant your oak seedlings Get this complete guide today and head for the trees before the squirrels get there first!


As An Oak Tree Grows

As An Oak Tree Grows

Author: G. Brian Karas

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 0698171330

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This inventive picture book relays the events of two hundred years from the unique perspective of a magnificent oak tree, showing how much the world can transform from a single vantage point. From 1775 to the present day, this fascinating framing device lets readers watch as human and animal populations shift and the landscape transitions from country to city. Methods of transportation, communication and energy use progress rapidly while other things hardly seem to change at all. This engaging, eye-opening window into history is perfect for budding historians and nature enthusiasts alike, and the time-lapse quality of the detail-packed illustrations will draw readers in as they pore over each spread to spot the changes that come with each new era. A fact-filled poster is included to add to the fun.


Oak: The Frame of Civilization

Oak: The Frame of Civilization

Author: William Bryant Logan

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2006-06-27

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0393327787

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Explores the role that the oak tree has played throughout history and in shaping the modern world.


The Sisterhood of Widows

The Sisterhood of Widows

Author: Mary Francis

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1600377831

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Sixteen women from all walks of life share their stories of widowhood in this “wonderful collection of ‘life after loss’ experiences” (Natalie Treadwell, founder of Food for Life). When author and life coach Mary Francis found herself widowed at fifty, she turned to other widows for support, understanding, and answers. Now she shares some of the stories that helped her find a new beginning for herself in The Sisterhood of Widows. This powerful book of healing contains sixteen true stories from women who reflect on their lives after the death of their husbands. These women, whose husbands died from accidents, cancer, heart attacks, and even suicide, share their stories openly and honestly. Every widow handles loss differently, yet there is a common bond they share that makes them part of a sisterhood. And each widow’s story provides guidance and insight into the journey of perseverance through grief.


The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream

The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 8726417375

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On the top of a cliff overlooking the sea was an oak tree that was 365 years old. It was an unimaginable age for the mayflies, tiny creatures who lived only one day. The oak only slept during the winter. The rest of the year, he remained alert. That year, like every year, he began to lose his leaves in autumn. He knew that he was about to go to sleep for the last time! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.


The Nut That Fell from the Tree

The Nut That Fell from the Tree

Author: Sangeeta Bhadra

Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1525306049

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A playful story about one acorn’s arduous journey to becoming a tree. In the style of “The House That Jack Built,” here’s a cumulative, rhyming tale about a nut that falls from an oak that holds the house where Jill plays. The acorn travels inside an old shoe, above the trees and under a stream, as one animal after another steals it, drops it or tosses it. But in the end, the acorn lands on a hillside, where it grows into another grand oak, which now holds the house where Jack (Jill’s grandson) plays. It’s the circle of life … well, not quite a circle. But loads of fun all the same!


The Oak Papers

The Oak Papers

Author: James Canton

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0063037971

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"A profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature, as one man seeks solace beneath the bows of an ancient oak tree."—Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees "James Canton knows so much, writes so well and understands so deeply about the true forest magic and the important place these trees have in it. Knowledge and joy."— Sara Maitland, author of How to Be Alone Joining the ranks of The Hidden Life of Trees and H is for Hawk, an evocative memoir and ode to one of the most majestic living things on earth—the oak tree—probing the mysteries of nature and the healing role it plays in our lives. Thrown into turmoil by the end of his long-term relationship, Professor James Canton spent two years meditating [PA1]beneath the welcoming shelter of the massive 800-year-old Honywood Oak tree in North Essex, England. While considering the direction of his own life, he began to contemplate the existence of this colossus tree. Standing in England for centuries, the oak would have been a sapling when the Magna Carta was signed in 1215. In this beautiful, transportive book, Canton tells the story of this tree in its ecological, spiritual, literary, and historical contexts, using it as a prism to see his own life and human history. The Oak Papers is a reflection on change and transformation, and the role nature has played in sustaining and redeeming us. Canton examines our long-standing dependency on the oak, and how that has developed and morphed into myth and legend. We no longer need these sturdy trees to build our houses and boats, to fuel our fires, or to grind their acorns into flour in times of famine. What purpose, then, do they serve in our world today? Are these miracles of nature no longer necessary to our lives? What can they offer us? Taking inspiration from the literary world—Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Katherine Basford’s Green Man, Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, and others—Canton ponders the wondrous magic of nature and the threats its faces, from human development to climate change, implores us to act as responsible stewards to conserve what is precious, and reminds us of the lessons we can learn from the world around us, if only we slow down enough to listen.