Meeting Trees

By Scott Russell Sanders

Young Scott and his father have a personal way of learning the trees and remembering their names. It's a game they like to play, one you'll want to play too!

Learn the name of the swallowtail butterfly who loves to sit on the dogwood branch, see the majestic beauty of the black-and-yellow Argiope spider, or see what makes the beech tree so special (its bark is smooth and gray just like the skin of a hippo).

Featuring beautiful paintings by nature artist Robert Hynes and the exquisite language of renowned author Scott Russell Sanders, Meeting Trees captures the delicate details of bark, branches, and leaves while enchanting readers with the beauty of the natural world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Release date: Jul 11, 2018
• ISBN: 9780253034793

Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders has won more than a dozen major honors, including the John Burroughs Nature Essay Award twice, the Lannan Literary Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His more than twenty books include novels, stories, and essays. He is a distinguished professor emeritus of English at Indiana University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife make their home in the hardwood hill country of southern Indiana.

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Reviews for Meeting Trees

[Tori Walker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a beautiful and 'nature-y' and the Dad and son loved each other and were really good carpenters. My father's name is Scott and he is a really good renovator and father. I learned that some tree leaves are shaped like valentines. - Clara, age 8.