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How to read a tree : clues and patterns from bark to leaves : learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees / Tristan Gooley ; illustrated by Neil Gower.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : The Experiment, LLC, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781615199433
  • 1615199438
Other title:
  • Clues and patterns from bark to leaves
  • Learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
1. -- The magic isn't in the name -- 2. -- A tree is a map -- 3. -- The shapes we see -- 4. -- The missing branches -- 5. -- Wind footprints -- 6. -- The trunk -- 7. -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- 8. -- The roots -- 9. -- Shape-shifting leaves -- 10. -- Bark signs -- 11. -- The hidden seasons -- 12. -- Lost maps and tree secrets
The art of reading trees: an introduction -- The magic isn't in the name -- A tree is a map -- The shapes we see -- The missing branches -- Wind footprints -- The trunk -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- The roots -- How to see a tree: an interlude -- Shape-shifting leaves -- Bark signs -- The hidden seasons -- Lost maps and tree secrets - The messages: an epilogue -- Appendix: Tree family identification.
Summary: "An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Trees are keen to tell us so much: about themselves, the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, and time. To understand their story, you have to know how to read it. Gooley helps readers uncover the clues hiding in a tree's branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers-- even in its stump. No two trees are exactly alike, and each difference reveals the story of how this tree lived-- if we stop to look closely. -- adapted from back cover
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 796.5 G659 Available 33111011327893
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Trees are keen to tell us so much. They'll tell us about the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, and time. And they will tell us about their lives, the good bits and bad. Trees tell a story, but only to those who know how to read it.



In How to Read a Tree, Gooley uncovers the clues hiding in plain sight: in a tree's branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers; even its stump. Leaves with a pale, central streak mean that water is nearby. Young, low-growing branches show that a tree is struggling. And reddish or purple bark signals new growth.



Like snowflakes, no two trees are exactly the same. Every difference reveals the epic story this tree has lived--if we stop to look closely.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. -- The magic isn't in the name -- 2. -- A tree is a map -- 3. -- The shapes we see -- 4. -- The missing branches -- 5. -- Wind footprints -- 6. -- The trunk -- 7. -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- 8. -- The roots -- 9. -- Shape-shifting leaves -- 10. -- Bark signs -- 11. -- The hidden seasons -- 12. -- Lost maps and tree secrets

The art of reading trees: an introduction -- The magic isn't in the name -- A tree is a map -- The shapes we see -- The missing branches -- Wind footprints -- The trunk -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- The roots -- How to see a tree: an interlude -- Shape-shifting leaves -- Bark signs -- The hidden seasons -- Lost maps and tree secrets - The messages: an epilogue -- Appendix: Tree family identification.

"An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Trees are keen to tell us so much: about themselves, the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, and time. To understand their story, you have to know how to read it. Gooley helps readers uncover the clues hiding in a tree's branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers-- even in its stump. No two trees are exactly alike, and each difference reveals the story of how this tree lived-- if we stop to look closely. -- adapted from back cover

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