Description: Based on real events, this charming story features a kindergarten class in Brooklyn who pays homage to their beloved lost beech tree and takes action to plant a new one.
Brief description:
Sofia Moore is a book illustrator and fine artist living in Las Vegas, Nevada. She finds her inspiration in listening to people's stories and in walking in the desert when it's not too hot. She is a tree lover, too.
Review Quotes:
"Trees have always been generous givers of joy and wonderment. Just like the kids in the Beech Class, children around the world have climbed up, leaned on, whispered to, and loved trees. Hello, Beech Tree! is the heartwarming story of how a community's love for their beech tree brings them together in collective activism. Come along with the Beech Class to witness the magic of what happens when young people unite in a fight to keep their community spaces beautiful, green, and joyful!"
--Sagda Khalil, cofounder of indigenius teaching and learning