# From Tree to Sea - Hardcover

by **Shelley Moore Thomas** (Author), **Christopher Silas Neal** (Illustrator)

**"An original book with wide appeal." --_School Library Journal_**

**"A delight to share again and again."** **\--_School Library Connection_**

**_"_****Simple on the surface, this sweet story imparts important truisms about the planet we call home."** **\--_BookPage_**

**"Thomas's exhortations celebrate both natural beauty and human virtue in a kind of gentle eco-theology." --_Publishers Weekly_**

**"Encourages readers to find inspiration everywhere." --_Booklist_**

**From a child's point of view, this lyrical picture book **l**ooks at the relationship of nature to the human world and the place we call home.**

From the edge of the sea to a high mountain top, everything has its place in the world and all living things are connected. The world around us has a lot to tell us if we take the time to look and listen. This tender and comforting picture book celebrates the wisdom in many of the things great and small that make up our wonderful world.

### Author Biography

Shelley Moore Thomas is the author of the Good Knight series of picture books and easy readers. In addition to writing books, she works as an elementary teacher and as a professional storyteller. Ms. Thomas lives with her family and dogs in Oceanside, California.

Christopher Silas Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author who regularly contributes to _The New York Times_, _The New Yorker_, and creates book covers for various publishers. He has directed short animated videos for Kate Spade and Anthropologie and was awarded a medal from the Society of Illustrators for his work in motion graphics. He illustrated the acclaimed picture books _Over and Under the Snow_ and _Lifetime_, both of which explore the natural world. _Over and Under the Snow_, with author Kate Messner, was praised for its "stunning retro-style illustrations" (_The New York Times_), was a 2011 _New York Times_ Editor's Choice and won an E.B. White Honor Award in 2012. He recently contributed art to the _New York Times_ bestseller _Goodnight Songs_, which is a collection of poems by author of _Goodnight Moon_, Margaret Wise Brown.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 11.1 x 8.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** February 12, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** From Tree to Sea

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.5

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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