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A Tree Is Nice: A Caldecott Award Winner

by Janice May Udry Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS

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An everyday celebration of trees

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Awards & Recognition

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    Caldecott Medal winner

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AlbakiReads Editorial

An everyday celebration of trees

A Tree Is Nice looks at trees through the ordinary pleasures and practical uses they offer. Its brief picture-book text moves from climbing and playing among branches to finding shade, hanging a swing, and giving birds a place to nest. Babies and cows appear among the creatures that can rest beneath a tree, widening the book’s view from human enjoyment to the life trees support. The focus stays close to familiar outdoor experiences, presenting trees as part of daily surroundings rather than as a distant natural subject.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 exploring trees and nature
  • Families seeking a short picture book about outdoor play and the natural world

Themes

Trees in everyday lifeOutdoor playShade and shelterBird habitats

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Book overview

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

"A radiant and buoyant picture book." --The Horn Book

A Tree Is Nice is a classic tale about the beauty of the everyday world. "Simont's watercolors perfectly complement the poetic simplicity of the text, allowing the reader room to engage in his or her own imaginative embroiderings about trees" (Children's Books and Their Creators).

Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.

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