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Wisdom of Trees, The: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom
Lita Judge
Illustrator: Lita Judge
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-23707-1
Keywords: Forest, ecology, symbiosis
Trees communicate and cooperate via complex underground networks that deforestation is disrupting. Soft watercolors and short poems. Resources.