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Just One Oak: What a Single Tree Can Be

by Maria Gianferrari Publisher: BEACH LANE BOOKS

Critically Recognized

A world within one oak

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Hardcover New English

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Starred review; described as “satisfyingly comprehensive and appreciative.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

A world within one oak

Tracing an oak from its leafy crown to its underground roots, this nonfiction picture book shows how one tree supports a wider habitat. Leaves, branches, and bark provide homes for insects and birds, while acorns feed animals such as bears and squirrels. The description also points to fungi and other plants as part of the ecosystem around the tree. With its focus on the many connections gathered around a single oak, the book offers a nature-study lens on trees as habitats, not just individual plants.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in trees, forests, and wildlife
  • Young readers exploring how plants and animals depend on one another
  • Families and educators looking for a nonfiction picture book about habitats

Themes

Oak trees and forestsWildlife habitatFood and ecological relationshipsInterconnected living things

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Book overview

Three starred reviews!

Explore an oak tree, from its leafy crown to its roots underground, and learn all the amazing ways it supports the animals, plants, and habitat where it lives in this "satisfyingly comprehensive and appreciative" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) nonfiction picture book companion to the award-winning Fungi Grow.

An oak tree is so much more than meets the eye. From tiny fungi to mighty mammals, this amazing tree contains a whole world.

For insects and birds, the oak's leaves, branches, and bark are a home. For bears and squirrels, the thousands of acorns the oak produces are a nutritious superfood. Owls, deer, foxes, and many more creatures are drawn to the rich and healthy environment an oak creates. Because of a single oak tree, its many neighbors flourish.
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