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Strange trees and the stories behind them / Bernadette Pourquié and Cécile Gambini ; translated by Yolanda Stern Broad.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616894597
  • 1616894598
Other title:
  • Strange trees & the stories behind them
Uniform titles:
  • Bizarbres mais vrais! English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Have you ever heard of the Strangler Tree? The Bubblegum Tree? The Upside-Down Tree? How about trees with horns, bottles, sausages, crowns, and ones that walk or even explode? Crazy, maybe, but true. Find out more about these, and many others, in this colorfully illustrated collection of the most bizarre-- but real-- trees from around the world, once again reminding us that the art of nature is far stranger than fiction. The perfect book for inquisitive naturalists with imaginations, Strange Trees also includes a map of the world showing where the trees grew.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 582.16 P877 Available 33111008175610
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 582.16 P877 Available 33111008429595
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Have you ever heard of the Strangler Tree? The Bubblegum Tree? The Upside-Down Tree? How about trees with horns, bottles, sausages, crowns, and ones that walk or even explode? Crazy, maybe, but true. Find out more about these, and many others, in this colorfully illustrated collection of the most bizarre--but real--trees from around the world, once again reminding us that the art of nature is far stranger than fiction. The perfect book for inquisitive naturalists with imaginations, Strange Trees also includes a map of the world showing where the trees grew.

Ages 6 and up.

Have you ever heard of the Strangler Tree? The Bubblegum Tree? The Upside-Down Tree? How about trees with horns, bottles, sausages, crowns, and ones that walk or even explode? Crazy, maybe, but true. Find out more about these, and many others, in this colorfully illustrated collection of the most bizarre-- but real-- trees from around the world, once again reminding us that the art of nature is far stranger than fiction. The perfect book for inquisitive naturalists with imaginations, Strange Trees also includes a map of the world showing where the trees grew.

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