An easy-to-read text introduces trees as the largest plants on earth, using an apple tree to explain how trees grow from seeds and change through the seasons. The clear, concise narrative is accompanied by bright pastel paintings showing a diverse cast of children enjoying the shade, branches, and fruit of the apple tree. In addition to appealing to beginning readers, this would also be suitable for reading aloud to preschoolers and kindergartners. (Ages 4–7)

A tree is the biggest plant that grows. Trees can live for a very long time, and they are alive all year long, even when they look dead in winter.In this newly illustrated book, you will learn how a tree grows and how it gets food and water. You can also find out what happens to water after it travels through a tree's roots, branches, and leaves, and how to figure out a tree's age.Clyde Robert Bulla's simple and concise text and Stacey Schuett's lush illustrations follow a tree's continuous life cycle through spring, summer, winter, and fall.