TY  - BOOK
AU  - Becker,Aaron
TI  - The tree and the river
SN  - 9781536223293
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Trees
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Time
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Human beings
KW  - Effect of environment on
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Stories without words
KW  - Wordless picture books
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Picture books
N1  - All illustrations
N2  - "In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village sprouts, and not long after, a town. Residents learn to harness the water, the wind, and the animals in order to survive and thrive. The growing population becomes ever more industrious and clever, bending nature itself to their will and their ambition: redirecting rivers, harvesting lumber, reshaping the land, even extending daylight itself ..."--
ER  -